The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. More than 6,000 miles from the African continent, the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art boasts a ...
A mannequin stands with head tilted, a knee jutting from the deep bias chiffon and woven fabric hemline of Papa Oppong’s Takari T, a T-shirt worn as a dress from the Ghanaian-born designer’s ...
For the 14th annual Art and Architecture History Capstone course, students worked with staff of the Art Museum to develop the original exhibition Art & Exchange: African Textiles in the Global ...
Curator Suzanne Gunn tells us she took several trips to Africa to collect the textiles to display, and each one tells its own story. The display will be open to the public beginning February 7 at 1 ...
"This volume originated as papers presented to the conference "Creating African Fashion Histories" held at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery in November 2016"--page vii AFA copy 39088019752393 gift from ...
Photo courtesy of Jomo Tariku, designer of modern African furniture. This stool is inspired by spiritual traditions of the Dogon people, incorporating elements of the Dogon cosmology. The ...
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World Textile Day: Atanda’s curatorial vision bridges African heritage and contemporary creativity
As the world marks the 2026 World Textile Day celebrations across different continents, the conversation around textiles has grown beyond fabrics and fashion. Increasingly, curators, scholars and ...
In the fall of 2024, three major exhibitions dedicated to African fashion history opened on the East Coast. The catalyst was Dr. Christine Checinska's seminal 2022 “Africa Fashion” exhibit in London’s ...
“We were really looking at these with kind of fresh eyes,” agreed Windmuller-Luna, adding that there were a lot of new discoveries and delights to come from CMA’s many existing holdings. Among the ...
The unfolding of effervescent color, variegated texture and spirited dialogue transformed the Fowler Museum’s second floor on Saturday for its annual Textile Council Sale. Sumptuous fabrics from ...
The entrance to the African art galleries at the Mint Museum Randolph. The Mint Museum Randolph’s African art galleries are open again after closing for an extensive, multiyear renovation. The ...
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