George Lilanga and Shetani
Saori Isogai, Amamoto & Shiraishi Africulture Centre (August 2024) Artist's DNA In August, we remember the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on...
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Africulture Times
- Aug 24
- 2 min
Africulture Creative Aging Project Report
Amamoto & Shiraishi Africulture Centre is pleased to report that the 2024 Africulture Creative Aging Project has been successfully...
- Feb 1
- 2 min
Tate Modern A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography
"A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography" was an exhibition at Tate Modern from July 6, 2023 to January 14, 2024, featuring...
- Nov 6, 2023
- 2 min
90 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art in the Congo (Summary)
M. Andre Magnin The Beauté Congo - 1926-2015 - Congo Kitoko exhibition is the result of both chance and necessity. It reflects the...
- Oct 14, 2023
- 3 min
Visits to Magnin-A Gallery+Quai Branly Museum
On September 27, 2023, we visited the Quai Branly Museum and the Magnin-A Gallery in Paris. Quai Branly Museum Passing the huge antique...
- Aug 31, 2023
- 2 min
African Rock Art British Museum Unseen
African Rock Art Exhibition In 2023, the British Museum is presenting a digital "African Rock Art" exhibition, featuring 30 key images...
- Aug 4, 2023
- 3 min
Musical instrument Kora from West Africa
My Kora and Origin of Kora, etc. In June 2023, I had my kora made by the Manding Griot, Karamo Cissokho. It has been the custom of Griot...
- Aug 4, 2023
- 2 min
Review Noire: Legendary African Culture Magazine (1990-2000)
Simon Njami's Strategy The "Magiciens de la Terre" exhibition (1989), the first to show works from more than 50 countries, including...
- Jul 4, 2023
- 2 min
Doors of Zanzibar (Summary)
Photographed by Uwe Rau Text by Mwalim A. Mwalim The Zanzibar doors are found in the Stone Town, located in the old part of Zanzibar City...
- Jul 4, 2023
- 1 min
Nyumba Ya Sanaa Artists
The Nyumba Ya Sanaa ("House of Art" in Swahili) in Dar es Salaam is engaged in various creative activities, including woodblock printing...
- Jun 2, 2023
- 3 min
Study of the "Tingatinga School" Art (Summary) Kenji Shiraishi
The founder, Tingatinga, is from the Makua ethnic group living in southern Tanzania, near the border with Mozambique. Many of the artists...
- Jun 2, 2023
- 2 min
Okayafrica: Art Shows We're Looking Forward to in 2023
Onyeka Igwe: A Repertoire of Protest (No Dance, No Palaver) On view at MoMA PS1, from March 16th to August 21st, 2023. This will be the...
- Jun 2, 2023
- 1 min
Sculptures from Mumuye and Dogon
Mali Dogon Headrest Bronze, 9.9x11.5x6.3, C15-16 In the 15th and 16th centuries, the Dogon are said to have settled in the most...
- Apr 26, 2023
- 4 min
Opening of the Africulture Centre in Izu, Japan
The Amamoto & Shiraishi Africulture Centre was opened on April 29, 2022, deep in the mountain area of Izu, Japan, with a view of Mount...
- Apr 26, 2023
- 2 min
Griot Kora Concert by Karamo Cissokho
On November 26, 2022, an afternoon concert by Karamo Cissokho, a kora player of the Manding Griot, was held in Hayama, famously known for...
- Apr 26, 2023
- 1 min
"Magiciens de la Terre" Exhibition Catalog
In 1989, the exhibition "Magiciens de la terre" was held at the Centre Georges Pompidou in the wake of the "Primitivism" exhibition at...
- Apr 26, 2023
- 2 min
2023 Black Art Must-see-exhibitions
Christie's selects must-see-exhibitions celebrating the works of black artists in 2023 Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing...
- Apr 26, 2023
- 1 min
Rare accessories from Mauritania and Mali
Kiffa bead necklace made in Mauritania African beads, also known as trade beads, developed their own unique character along with the...
- Apr 26, 2023
- 1 min
"Out of Africa" Exhibition Catalog
The Jean Pigozzi Contemporary African Art Collection at the Saatchi Collection The exhibition "Out of Africa" was presented at The...
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