The Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, FL unveiled a new, permanent gallery for African and Oceanic Art thanks to a pair of local collectors.
By Chadd ScottPolk Museum of Art Unveils New, Permanent Gallery for African and Oceanic Art
By Chadd Scott By Chadd ScottMaliza Kiasuwa at Morton Fine Arts
Morton Fine Art in Washington, D.C. presents a solo exhibition of new mixed-media works by Kenya-based visual artist Maliza Kiasuwa.
By Chadd ScottEkow Nimako LEGO masterpiece joins permanent collection at Aga Khan Museum
Ekow Nimako LEGO masterpiece joins permanent collection at Aga Khan Museum
By Chadd ScottRubell Museum in Miami showcases Black artists
What if every art museum looked like the Rubell Art Museum in Miami?
By Chadd ScottDallas Museum of Art highlights African silk production
The exhibition spotlights the centuries-old sub-Saharan tradition of African silk production through indigenous and imported practices.
By Chadd Scott‘Second Careers’ pairs highlights from Cleveland Museum of Art’s African collection and works by six contemporary African artists
‘Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art’ probes this connection through a smart selection of stellar highlights from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s African collection and loaned works by six contemporary African artists of different generations.
By Chadd ScottStarting Blocks For Transatlantic Slave Trade Explored By Artist Paa Joe
![Paa Joe (Ghanaian, born 1947), '[Fort] Gross - Friedrichsburg – Princetown.' 1683 Brandenburg, 1717 - 24 Ahanta, 1724 Neths, 1872 Britain, 2004 – 2005 and 2017, emele wood and enamel. PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM, GIFT OF JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, 2019.58.2 . PHOTO © PAA JOE, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK.](https://www.seegreatart.art/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Paa-Joe-3.jpg)
Ghanaian artist Joseph Tetteh-Ashong (born 1947), popularly known as Paa Joe, gives shape to the starting blocks of the Middle Passage at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta’s presentation of “Paa Joe: Gates of No Return.”
By Chadd Scott
