Ever since the African American artists now known as the Highwaymen were introduced to the world from an article in a trade journal thirteen years ago their paintings have become very collectible. Five of the...
African Art -- The World And The Spirits The West African nations like Benin, modern-day Nigeria, Ivory Coast, etc were in contact with Portuguese and other Europeans from the 1500's onward. These wealthy...
People regularly ask whether an item is "a good investment." The truth is that buying art "for investment" is a shaky proposition. One main problem is that art is hard to sell. You need to send it to auction...
A GUIDE TO SHONA STONE SCULPTURE In the field of contemporary African arts, Shona stone sculpture is renowned for aesthetic quality, for showcasing individual artists, and for international availability of...
Where would businesses be without signs? A big, red flying horse points the way to a gas station and yellow arches mean French fries are nearby! In the days before widespread literacy, illustrated signs...
Black Americana is not to be confused with African or African-American art and ceramics. Black Americana Ceramics date from early American slave-history to the present (for most Black collectibles, the...
People: Yoruba Location: SW Nigeria Population: Perhaps 20,000,000 Arts: Yoruba beliefs and rituals, gods and spirits, with their blithering array of cults and secret societies, all of which use arts as an...
Introduction to Shona Sculpture - the Art of Zimbabwe The Inspiration... When creating an original sculpture, the artist begins by searching for an appropriate rough stone. Typically, this means a...
Espoused and unconscious motivations for collecting African “antiques”By Gary Croft, Snohomish, WA, USA -- to preserve artifacts originating from “traditional cultures” that, if left “in situ,” would...
People: Songye Location: Southeastern DRC Population: 150,000 Arts: The distinctive art forms of the Songye are universally admired, with major collections and museums having at least one example. The actual...