The language of beauty in African art by Stephen Adéyẹmí Fọlárànmí

“…First, it seeks to curate an extensive exhibition showcasing diverse African art forms sourced from public museums and private collections in the United States and Europe. …”
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On the Imperative of Language for Understanding African Art by Rowland Abiodun

“…I was deeply touched and honored by the roundtable organized at the 2016 African Studies Association Conference to focus on my book, Yoruba Art and Language: Seeking the African in African Art (2014). I want to thank Professor Funṣọ Afọlayan for contacting and bringing together a formidable group of scholars of Yorùbá art and culture to that end. …”
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On the Imperative of Language for Understanding African Art by Rowland Abiodun

“… I was deeply touched and honored by the roundtable organized at the 2016 African Studies Association Conference to focus on my book, Yoruba Art and Language: Seeking the African in African Art (2014). I want to thank Professor Funṣọ Afọlayan for contacting and bringing together a formidable group of scholars of Yorùbá art and culture to that end. …”
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Plastic Dialogues between Tàpies and Black African Art by Alfonso Revilla Carrasco, Nuria Llevot Calvet, Juan Agustín González Rodríguez

“…In contrast with other painters like Picasso, whose relationship with African art did not go beyond the formal appropriation within the primitivistic paradigms of colonialism, Tàpies establishes a dialogue with African art in conceptual terms, approaching the artistic problems of an intercultural synthesis while respecting the context that black African art generates and defines beyond particular manifestations.   …”
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Activating the aesthetics of African art in the field of artistic glass design by Hagar Saeed

Subjects: “…african; art; artistic; glass; design…”
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Introduction: Time and Imagined Futures in Eastern African Art Forms by Alex Perullo

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An African Art Re-Discovered: New Revelations on Sword Manufacture in Dahomey by Ron Lawrence Anderson, Filomena Salvemini, Maxim Avdeev, Vladimir Luzin

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Towards an art history of precontemporary Africa. Preliminary thoughts for a state-of-the-art assessment by Claire Bosc-Tiessé, Peter Mark

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En quête d’une histoire des arts d’Afrique précontemporains. Réflexions préliminaires pour un état des lieux by Claire Bosc-Tiessé, Peter Mark

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Characteristics of African art as a source of creativity in designing glass art products by Nahed Osman, Walid Onsy, Mostafa Abdalrihim Mohamed

Subjects: “…african art…”
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African art has an aesthetic and plastic value in the design of printed textile pendants by Eman Salah hamed mohamed

“…And what characterizes African art and attracts so much to it is its simplicity, which is deeply animatronic in nature. …”
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FACTORS PREDICTING COMMUNITY SUPPORT: THE CASE OF A SOUTH AFRICAN ARTS FESTIVAL by I. LOOTS, SURIA ELLIS, ELMARIE SLABBERT

“…It is therefore the aim of this research to determine the factors predicting community support in the case of a South African arts festival. A survey was done in 2007 at the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK), which is one of the largest arts festivals in the country. …”
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Money Trouble in an African Art World: Copyright, Piracy, and the Politics of Culture in Postcolonial Mali by Ryan Thomas Skinner

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African arts between curios, antiquities, and avant-garde at the Maison Brummer, Paris (1908-1914) by Yaëlle Biro

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Benefiting from the aesthetic and expressive values of African art as an approach to teaching sculpture to art education students by Reham Kamal

“…Research SummaryThe African continent is one of the world’s richest continents in folklore, where African art is characterized by extreme richness, innovation, rich and bold colors, and gives distinction to African culture, especially the art of sculpture found in ancient African civilizations. …”
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Mirage of us: A reflection on the role of the Web in widening access to references on Southern African arts, culture and heritage by Graham Stewart

“…This article outlines the broad aims of the Encyclopaedia of South African Arts, Culture and Heritage (ESAACH) Project then goes on to consider the ESAACH Website as a networked resource that speaks to the project’s vision of accessibility and participation. …”
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Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens, by Wendy A. Grossman, with an essay by Ian Walker, and other contributors. Reviewed by Christopher Morton by Morton, C

Youth and unemployment: An insight into the entrepreneur sculpture practices of the Nsukka Art School by Chikelue Chris Akabuike

Subjects: “…African arts; Entrepreneurship; Utility sculpture; Nsukka art school; unemployed youths.…”
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Youth and unemployment: An insight into the entrepreneur sculpture practices of the Nsukka Art School by Chikelue Chris Akabuike

Subjects: “…African arts; Entrepreneurship; Utility sculpture; Nsukka art school; unemployed youths.…”
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Seeing the world: Displaying foreign art in Berlin, 1898-1926 by Kathryn W. Gunsch

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