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Marlijn Franken en Reinier de Nooyer, gaan van 28/11 - 26/12 naar West-Afrika: Bénin, Burkina Faso en Togo in het kader van twee projecten op het gebied van culturele samenwerking en uitwisseling.

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AfricaCollect - African Art Directory - Portail sur l'art africain. Inclus un musée virtuel, des articles, des forums et petites annonces et des liens.

AfrikArt.net est une plate-forme de promotion des artistes africains. L'objectif d'AfrikArt.net est de contribuer à  la diffusion des spécificités et identités culturelles africaines.

George Lilanga is considered by many Contemporary African Art specialists as one of the major representatives in the field, to the point where his paintings and sculptures are often featured on the cover of many reference books dealing with the subject. Looking at the art you get the feeling of entering a magic and fun world; history and everyday life are told with strong irony, verified also by the titles of his works: 'the discussion' 'There's a world but I've forgotten it', 'Wait a minute, my neck is itchy', 'When children play they jump here and there'. Another aspect which strikes the observer is the artist's joy of living: he says "I paint when I'm happy and I tell the daily life of my people."

Welcome to Afrikart Gallerie - This website displays African Art, with pictures and Works of art by artists from many African countries - Ghana, Togo, Uganda, Kenya, Guinea, ...

The Pan-African Circle of Artists was established as a forum for the promotion of art and culture on the African continent.
It champions the cause of art through diverse means, including exhibitions, seminars, workshops, folklore sessions, slide talks, lectures, publications, etc.
Pan-African Circle of Artists is fast earning an international reputation and has remained so far one of the very few truly professional art associations operating inside Africa today.
Within the bounds of the principles of new internationalism, Pan-African Circle of Artist's main concern has been the creation of a home-grown voice for the continued dissemination of the arts of African on Africa's own terms.

MUGALULA MUKIIBI -"My entire joy in life hangs on the brushes tip".
Art in its various manifestations has always displayed a validity and truth during the long march from the dawn of civilization. Like a cinematic-film you may arrest this march at any point and examine the picture. You will find in the still that a people have at that moment in history achieved the art that they deserved. This has been said of governments, it holds true for art too. And for this reason art in all its activities is trying in ever changing forms to give expression to the aspirations of mankind, trying to tell us something of man and the world he inhabits, both physically and spiritually and revealing something of the artist himself. The interrelation of the artist and the community is close, for the artist is a member of society, and from that society he takes his tempo and his tone and the conditions which are imposed upon him.

Curator's comment: Mugalula Mukiibi is considered one of the most innovative and influential artists from Uganda's early-to-mid 1960s renaissance. Numerous other artists with The Uganda Modern Art Movement cite him as a primary influence upon the development of their work. His contributions to techniques such as the inclusion of sculptural semiabstract forms within two-dimensional paintings, and the first known use of bark cloth as a medium for fine art prints mark him as one of Uganda's most recognized and distinctive art originators.

The Metropolitan Museum - Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary - October 2, 2007–March 2, 2008 Special Exhibition Galleries, 1st floor
This exhibition presents some of the most celebrated creations of African masters in a new light. Many of these works were muses to members of the Western avant-garde, who collected and closely studied them for their inventive aesthetic qualities in their studios during the early 20th century. In light of their role in altering the course of Western art, the works examined are among the most influential masterpieces of the African artistic canon. This exhibition addresses the sensation these now-classic works, appreciated for their beauty alone for over a century, generated among the earliest generation of African art amateurs. But beyond that, it reveals the significance of these works to their cultures of origin by revealing the underlying sources of cultural and spiritual inspiration that led to their creation in equatorial Africa. Drawn from the most important collections of African art in Europe and the United States, the more than 150 works featured are from a dozen distinct cultural traditions in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These sculptural masterpieces, which ultimately transcended their original cultural contexts to enter the mainstream of universal art, were created to portray ancestors as vital intermediaries.

AfricanLoxo.com - Création africaine moderne et contemporaine

Art African - La Galerie Art Africain d'Afrique Noire vous présente ses masques, statues, fétiches, sculptures, peintures africaines et tableaux africains.

African Art Home page - Organizer of exhibitions and publishers of books devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary African art. New York.

African art museum. Major collecton of tribal masks, statues, sculptures and bronzes.

The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Site includes exhibitions, articles, museum calendar of events.

African Art on the Internet - 14th Triennial Symposium on African Art, Arts Council of the African... Search the university's Stanley Collection of African Art which contains over 500 ...

Shani Gallery - "Shani" means marvelous in Swahili and we hope that you agree with us that the items here are in a word..."marvelous".  Shani Gallery is an on-line gallery specializing in quality African and tribal fine art. We offer an array of masks, statuettes, fetishes, ceremonial objects and sculptures to grace your collection.
As African Americans, we are proud to bring the overwhelming diversity and beauty of African and tribal art into more homes and work environments for its artistic nourishment and spiritual enrichment.

The Museum for African Art exposes New Yorkers to African art and culture with exhibits and educational programs.The Museum of African Art is located downtown on Broadway and has another branch, the Studio Museum in Harlem to exhibit its works of art and history. "Beads, Body and Soul: Yoruba Traditions in the Americas", an exhibit that traces the influence of the Yoruba speaking peoples in the New World. Beads, Body and Soul was organized by the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History in Los Angeles and represents 25 years of field research in Africa.

African Tribal Art is considered amongst the finest creations in the art world. Today authentic pieces are highly sought after by collectors. Many of the collections along with some replica's, can be viewed in museums and galleries all over the world.

Contemporary African Art Gallery - A gallery showing contemporary African fine art from all African regions. The artists have established international reputations while often being new to ...

Welcome to CAPE-ART.CO.ZA -- YOUR Source for South African Art and South African Artists.

Welcome to for african art .com - If African art interests you, you have come to the right place. African Art being our passion involves us with the top African art suppliers and tribal  artrepresentatives, thus enabling us to offer you outstanding African art pieces from many regions, tribes and countries.

AfriGalleries African Art Shop have a wide range of African tribal art treasures, ranging from mythological cult objects such as Masks, Statues, Vases or Fetishes, to expressive and vibrant traditional African Clothing and Fabrics exclusively produced by a private African designer, or products for the true connoisseurs like Exclusive Collection, Paintings or Framings.