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@globalmuseum.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:39 PM

This colorful tapestry designed by artist Papa Ibra Tall is being unrolled behind the scenes at our National Museum of African Art as it’s prepared to go out for a loan show.
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art #globalmuseum #museums #AfricanArt

@nicolascgrey.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 10:05 AM

More than 40 intimate drawings by celebrated Ivorian artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré are on view at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida, until November 8, 2026.

#FredericBrulyBouabre #OutsiderArt #AfricanArt

@buzzofthebumblebee.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 8:20 PM

So I found this amazing artist! You check out his work!
He’s not on Bluesky that I can see.
#BlackArtists #AfricanArt #IKNNADI #Blacksky

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@patrickchuka.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 10:01 PM

Currently obsessed with Sawadika by @lalalalisa_m — and a new painting is in progress. Stay tuned 👀 #patrickchuka #africanart #lalisa

@leuvenup.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 1:09 PM

📙 'A City in Practice: The Lubumbashi Biennale (2008–2024)', Aude Tournaye, Filip De Boeck, and Picha Collective (eds)
This richly illustrated volume maps the Biennale’s evolution and the collective gestures that inform it.
🔗 lup.be/book/a-city-...

#LubumbashiBiennale #AfricanArt #ReadUP

@laurajg.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 1:52 PM

By Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Horn Player, ca. 1550–1680, brass & iron, 24 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (62.9 × 29.2 × 17.2 cm), looted by the British army, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. More in ALT. #arthistory #art #africanart #africaart #Sculpture

From the museum: “This figure of a court musician playing a side-blown trumpet attests to the technical virtuosity of the Benin bronze-casters. The figure's elaborately textured garment depicts the hide of a leopard, an animal associated with the power of the Oba. Similarly, the strands of coral around his neck and chest reaffirm this musician's status in the Benin court, since coral, like bronze and ivory, is a royal prerogative in Benin.”

Also from the museum: “The British invasion of the capital of the Kingdom of Benin in 1897 was part of a campaign waged from 1892 through 1902 to forcibly bring most of the inland territory of modern-day Nigeria under British rule. With the British conquest of Benin City, Oba Ovonramwen was exiled to Calabar and soldiers plundered the palace. The brutality of the removal of its contents has forever decoupled altars dedicated to each individual oba dating from 1300 to Benin’s conquest with the specific works conceived to commemorate them…

Subsequent to the nineteenth century dispersal of Benin works, awareness of their extraordinary aesthetic power, beauty, and complexity profoundly influenced Black public intellectuals. Notable among these in the U.S. were W.E.B. Dubois, Alain Locke and artists from the Harlem Renaissance on. At the same time, their relegation to ethnographic museums during the colonial era continues to reflect the legacy of their forceful removal and segregation from comparable cultural achievements by Western creators.”

@langtrygallery.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 1:33 PM

Sunday Sun Mask

Late 19th-early 20th c carved polychrome sun mask / Bwa people of the Black Volta River of Burkina Faso

#art #antique #langtrygallery #burkinafaso #bwa #africanmask #africanart #bwamask #artdafrique #antiquario #arte #antiquités #kunst #antik #artdafrique #artafricain #arteafricano

@artcentron.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 9:54 PM

ART X Lagos: History, Artists, Galleries & Global Impact
From Lagos to the international art world, ART X Lagos connects artists, galleries, collectors, and institutions. l.muz.kr/CKS8
#artxlagos #africanart #contemporaryafricanart #lagosart #nigerianart #contemporaryart #artfair

@artcentron.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 9:10 PM

Bisi Silva transformed contemporary African art through her work as an independent curator and founder of the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA Lagos).
l.muz.kr/W2p5
#BisiSilva #CCALagos #AfricanArt #ContemporaryArt #NigerianArt #LagosArt

A video still of Bisi Silva sharing insights on the growth of the curatorial profession across Africa at The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

@tenuretracker.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 3:55 AM

Yale University is hiring:
Assistant Professor in African Art

#assistantprofessor #africanart #arthistory

@adaspota.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 6:43 AM

Anthropomorphic face mask (kifwebe), from the Luba people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(wood, paint, ca. mid 1900s)

#AfricanArt #Mask

@adaspota.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 6:18 AM

Mask Representing the Female in the Vabo Masquerade
(The Mumuye, Nigeria, 1700s)

#AfricanArt #Mask

@adaspota.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 6:17 AM

Face Mask from the Guinea Coast of West Africa, late 1800s-early 1900s. Worn as part of a performance sequence in the goli dance.

#AfricanArt #Masks

@dollarmenugames.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 5:40 PM

6 of the beard styles in Strike the Anvil. The top centre and top right styles are based on beards seen on Baule (Ivory Coast) figurines (E.x. africanarchive.org/en/katalog/175)
#IndieDev #Beards #GameDevelopment #3DModeling #IndieGame #GameArt #GameDesign #AfricanArt

6 beard styles, from left to right, then top to bottom: A braided beard with a gold tie, a helical beard with a ball on the end, a swirled goatee with a small ball on the end, a short goatee, a long full beard, and a short beard

@patrickchuka.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 1:02 PM

We are not extra-ordinary, we were born to be somebody. Taught to denounce our gifts for temporary acceptance — rising again with them as our inheritance. #Teaser — Afrophilia-X #patrickchuka #Digitalart #Africanart

@patrickkapty.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 1:29 PM

Zauli Mask
wood, pigment
mid 20th century
Guro Culture
Ivory Coast, Africa

#handmade #wood #pigments #zaulimask #guro #culture #ivorycoast #africa #zaoulidance #celebration #tribalart #africanart #tribalmask #africanmask #dancemask #tribaldance #ritual #belief #religion

@digigiftvibe.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 5:04 PM

NEW LAUNCH — Sable Guardian of the Forgotten Gateway
Step into a forgotten African world.
#DigiGiftVibe #SableAntelope #AfricanWildlife #WildlifeArt #AfricanArt #FantasyArt #DigitalArt #FantasyLandscape #AfricanLandscape #NatureArt #WallArt #FineArtPrints #FineArtAmerica #Zedge #MobileWallpaper

@laurajg.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 10:55 PM

By Nigerian artist Tosin Oyeniyi (born 1987), “Hold on 2," mixed media and acrylic on canvas. More info in ALT. #printmaking #linocut #linocutprint #linoleumblockprint #africanart

A Black man, seated, cello (or bass) between his knees. From the artist's About Me on Etsy (link in comments): "I'm a self-taught Nigerian printmaker creating hand-carved, large-scale reduction linocuts on canvas from Ibadan, Nigeria. My work blends naturalism with post-expressionism to share African beauty, culture, and real Black stories with the world - one painstaking layer at a time... My art preserves, protects, and projects African culture globally. It heals wounds, calls out injustice, celebrates our legends, and speaks for the poor, the African woman, the out-of-school child, and the homeless. It's rooted in love, dignity, patience, bravery, and industry. From portraits and landscapes to abstracts and seascapes, every print carries history, hope, and humanity.”

@tracideecee.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 11:24 PM

#MusicSky
#Guitar
#AfricanArt
#ArtSky
@Ozafro-Work-Shop
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@thezenoftrueart.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 5:51 PM

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (Ghanian/British, b.1977), "Womanology 12," oil on canvas, 2014; Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. #art #arte #modernart #blackhistory #blackculture #africanheritage #ghana #africa #africanart #femaleartist #femalepainter #paintings #peintures #museum #artgallery