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Painted bodies : African body painting, tattoos & scarification / Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher ; text with Mary Anne Fitzgerald

Painting with chalk -- Chalk & ocher -- Colors of the earth -- Ocher bodies -- Red ocher -- Ocher & oil -- Powdered with ash -- Patterns of beauty -- Spirit paint -- Painting for seduction Summary ...
Staten Island Advance

Beyonce's Staten Island connection makes 'Lemonade'

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Laolu Senbanjo, a Nigerian visual artist who was recently featured in Stapleton's CANVAS Institute, has been touched by Beyonce. Or rather, Queen Bey has been touched by Laolu - ...
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Masterpieces of African Art Head to Tate, Courtesy Collectors Jorge and Darlene Pérez

Jorge M. and Darlene Pérez have gifted Tate 36 works by artists from Africa and its diaspora. It's the second time the married collectors have made a high-profile donation to the museum network in the ...
The Africa Report

African art certified by UNESCO: Beware of scam warns UN body

Facing an uptick in scams involving – and the illicit trafficking of – cultural property from Africa, UNESCO is calling on individuals to exercise “extreme vigilance.” In a lengthy press release set ...
The Conversation

Mysterious South African cave painting may have been inspired by fossils

Julien Benoit receives funding from the DSI-NRF African Origins Platform. A mysterious animal painted on a cave wall in South Africa’s Free State Province has long baffled scientists. Is it a walrus?