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Extraordinary exhibition about the empires of Ghana (300–1200), Mali (1230–1600), Songhay (1464–1591), and Bamana (1640–1861), which cultivated an enormously rich material culture. Metropolitan Museum, New York
Find out moreThe vast collection amassed by US Ambassador Allen Davis, representing many of the key cultures of East, Central, and West Africa. Online catalogue: http://exhibitions.psu.edu/s/african-brilliance/page/splash PALMER MUSEUM OF ART The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
Find out moreUnprecedented display of visual archive of Spain's colonial presence in black Africa. University of Valencia. Valencia (Spain)
Find out moreMatrilineal Central Africa has female body as a constant source of inspiration to all forms of artwork. On exhibit a choice of objects to demonstrate the artists' interpretations in cultural, moral and spiritual terms. Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore (USA)
Find out more"Gold from West Africa was the engine that drove the movement of things, people, and ideas across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East in an interconnected medieval world. As the incredible works in this exhibition show, it is not possible to understand the emergence of the early modern world without this West African story." "Rare and [...]
Find out moreBoth the artistic and ethnic values of the Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast) art in gold are put in value through this outstanding collection of 600 jewellery and cult objects. Place: Museum Liaunig ∙ 9155 Neuhaus/Suha 41, Austria
Find out moreAfrican ethnic pottery (siglos 19-21) in the aesthetic, formal and material context. Place: Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum. Türkenstraße 15, 80333 München
Find out moreGold and bronze, both in powder and as objects were used as means of payment well into the 20th century. They are also the expression of the Akan people (Ashanti and others) artistic values. Place: Monnaie de Paris 11, quai de Conti 75006 PARIS
Find out moreA selection of 100 Congolese traditional artworks collected since the early Belgian Congo days. The exhibition also invites reflection and dialog about the migration, physical and cultural, of objects from their original location. Place: Museum aan de Stroom (MAS) City: Antwerp (Antwerpen. Belgium)
Find out moreWinter edition of Bruneaf, the prestigious Non-European Ethnic-Art Fair. Location(s): around the Place du Grand Sablon City: Brussels (Belgium)
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