The Secrets of Indigenous Art

Generally overlooked in Art History 101 was the inverse: how European materials and images were repurposed by Indigenous ...
Artnet

The Market for Aboriginal Art Is Growing Fast. Here Is What (And Who) You Need to Know to Navigate This Dynamic Scene

The global art world is rapidly becoming aware of this market, but there are some pitfalls to know about if you are looking to buy into it. Installation view of the Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally ...
Hyperallergic

Is Australian Aboriginal Art Part of the African Diaspora?

Fiona Foley, "HHH" (2004). Courtesy of artist/Niagara Galleries. (via MoCADA.org) I just started reading Toure’s Post Blackness: What It means to be Black Now, which features a number of black artists ...
Hope College

Exhibition of Modern African Art to Open at Kruizenga Art Museum

A new exhibition, “Deep Roots, New Shoots: Modern and Contemporary African Art from the KAM Collection,” will open at the Hope College Kruizenga Art Museum on Friday, Jan. 12, and run through Saturday ...
insider.si.edu

Methodology, ideology and pedagogy of African art primitive to metamodern edited by Moyo Okediji

Introduction. Metamodern studies of African art: traditions, innovations and interventions / Moyo Okediji -- 1. On the invention of "traditional" art / John Picton -- 2. Sensiotics or the study of the ...
Artnet

The Brooklyn Museum Has Hired Its First Full-Time Curator of Indigenous Art

Darienne (Dare) Turner has been appointed the Brooklyn Museum’s first-ever full-time curator of Indigenous art. She is currently assistant curator of Indigeous art of the Americas at the Baltimore ...
Forbes

How The Mardi Gras Indians Honor The African And Indigenous Cultures Of New Orleans

Big Chief Demond Melancon wears his Red Cloud suit amongst other members of Mardi Gras Indian tribes during Mardi Gras 2014. In February 2021, the usual bustle of New Orleans’ Canal Street stopped ...