An Oxford University museum has been criticised for withholding images of an African mask to stop women seeing it due to a tribe's beliefs.. The Pitt Rivers Museum has labelled many of its ...

To them, African art was wild, African depictions were abstract, and African masks were made of wood. British Museum curator Chris Spring says the discovery changed Western ideas of African art.

Even as it imports important artworks from international and U.S. institutions, such as those showcased in its current major exhibitions from the Louvre in Paris and Wyoming’s Buffalo Bill ...

South African artist Esther Mahlangu's collaboration with BMW is on show at the 'South Africa: art of a nation' exhibition, which runs until February 26 at the British Museum in London.

There's more to African masks than you might think, suggests a new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. "Disguise: Masks and Global African Art" combines traditional creations with contemporary ...