Patterns in African textiles are not just decorative; they are symbolic. Each pattern can represent a different meaning or ...

For the 14th annual Art and Architecture History Capstone course, students worked with staff of the Art Museum to develop the original exhibition Art & Exchange: African Textiles in the Global ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Step inside the second-floor galleries of the Mint Museum Randolph and immerse yourself in the rhythmic patterns and velvety ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. More than 6,000 miles from the African continent, the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art boasts a ...

The entrance to the African art galleries at the Mint Museum Randolph. The Mint Museum Randolph’s African art galleries are open again after closing for an extensive, multiyear renovation. The ...

With the planned creation of new galleries for its Arts of Africa collection, the Brooklyn Museum hopes visitors will see ...

Storytelling comes in all forms. In the Stanley Museum’s latest exhibit, entitled “Weaving Narratives,” it comes in the form of textiles curated from different African cultures throughout Iowa. The ...

Natural dyes have been an integral part of African art for centuries. Derived from plants, minerals, and insects, these dyes ...

National Quilt Day falls in March during Women's History Month. It was established in 1991 by the National Quilting ...

The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize, designed to elevate the work of contemporary African artists, has found its latest artist to thrust into the spotlight. Inspired by Moroccan architecture and ...

On a recent weekday morning, some two dozen smartly dressed art enthusiasts gathered at Tate Modern before its doors opened for a private tour of the expansive solo exhibition of South African visual ...

In the hullaballoo of London’s Frieze Week, the slick and rather discreet 1-54 contemporary African art fair can slip by unnoticed. Smartly tagging onto the much larger fair without quite stepping out ...