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A Kota fighting voter apathy
Slightly deviating from the ongoing series about African art featured in advertisements, check out this cool vintage poster from the National Coalition on Black Voter Participation urging the public...
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Herzekiah Andrew Shanu, a Yoruba photographer in Congo at the turn of the...
Portrait of Herzekiah-Andrew Shanu, probably dating from his trip to Europe in 1894. Image courtesy of the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren (HP.1965.14.246). A book which I have been enjoying...
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“Distinguished: Women Artists of the Inventory” at the MARKK, Hamburg
Image courtesy of the MARKK. Thanks to Elena Martinez-Jacquet, I just discovered the Hamburg’s former Museum of Ethnology (now known as the Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und Künste der Welt or MARKK)...
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Gallica, a digital library to bookmark
A site to bookmark for the home-working researchers without access to a decent library: the French digital library Gallica. Search for example on ‘Charles Ratton’ and you’ll get a good number of old...
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Help needed deciphering an old inscription
Dear friends, I hope someone of you could help me out deciphering this old inscription on a metal band – above a poor ‘panorama’ view of the whole – more pictures can be found below. I read: Nimrod en...
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13 carats Kota-inspired earrings by Graff
In case you would be looking for a beautiful gift for someone special (or yourself), and money is not a problem, please look no further. The upper-end jewellery brand Graff just launched a new set of...
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The Michel Périnet collection to be sold at Christie’s Paris on 23 June 2021
On Wednesday 23 June, Christie’s will be offering the Michel Périnet collection of African, Oceanic and Native American art for sale in Paris. Prior to his death in 2020, the legendary Parisian...
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Field-photo of the day: likishi Iya radio (Zambia, 2016)
Photo by Martin Vorwaerts, 2016. This is a likishi (singular), an ancestral spirit from the vaka chinyama communities (Luvale, Mbunda, Luchazi & Chokwe people) from Zambia.. Makishi (plural) appear...
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New publication on the artworks of the Verre people of Nigeria
The art of the Verre peoples of Northeast Nigeria finally has gotten the scholarly attention it deserves. Three passionate researchers, Richard Fardon, Tim Chappel and Klaus Piepel, have just...
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Announcing Duende Art Projects – a new kind of art gallery by Bruno Claessens
I’m proud to announce my new venture: Duende Art Projects. My brand new gallery’s ambition is to inspire people and enrich their lives by sharing a profound passion for the art of the African...
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