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March 25, 2011 by Andrea Kirsh

‘Possible Cities; Africa in Photography and Video’ at Haverford College

…work on view by four photographers: Sammy Baloji (D R Congo), Pieter Hugo (South Africa), Sabelo Mlangeni (South Africa), Guy Tillim (South Africa), and three video artists, two of whom…

March 20, 2011 by Andrea Kirsh

Out of Africa: a review of two exhibition catalogs

…glimpse of some aspect of current work in the decorative and fine arts by Africanist artists and designers; some are Africans, others are Africans living elsewhere or products of the…

January 22, 2015 by Andrea Kirsh

Represent showcases 200 years of African-American art at the PMA

…Philadelphia Museum of Art ( PMA) established the African-American Collections Committee to assist in the development of the museum’s collections. A catalog of the PMA’s holdings of work by African-Americans…

September 19, 2019 by Janyce Denise Glasper

Arts of Global Africa at the Newark Museum, excellent contemporary art by artists of the African Diaspora

…Movement #36, Kwesi Owusu-Ankomah. From Art of Global Africa at the Newark Museum. Courtesy Janyce Denise Glasper. Art of Global Africa celebrates the multifaceted range of the African Diaspora, showcasing…

May 29, 2020 by Artblog

Strong testimony at City Council hearing May 27 to reinstate funding for arts and culture

…neighborhood cultural organizations that it supports; the defunding of the African American Museum of Philadelphia, and the closure of the Office for Arts Culture and the Creative Economy. I am…

May 30, 2007 by Libby

Power and politics in Africa–Libby in DC

…our own private tour of both the Contemporary and traditional African art at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art. Stefanie sporting some of the jewelry she makes Before we…

December 22, 2010 by Kelani Nichole

Creative Vitality in Philadelphia – you bet there is!

…The study looked at ‘Occupational Employment’ and ‘Community Participation’ in the creative economy. For the purposes of the study, the creative economy is defined as: “For-profit and nonprofit arts-related creative…

October 6, 2004 by Libby

Out of Africa

For a good long think about how museums sanctify art and what kinds of art they sanctify, I recommend the “African Art, African Voices: Long Steps Never Broke a Back”…