Painted Huts Offer DR Congo Village A Tourism Lifeline
There's no electricity and only 500 residents in the Congolese village of Makwatsha, but a longstanding tradition by its womenfolk ...
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Art Seeks To Heal Wounds In Divided Cyprus
Inside an art gallery on the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Selma Bolayir draws a large yellow sun on a ...
Sarkodie Set To Speak At 2017 Africa Dialogues Conference
Multiple award-winning Ghanaian Rapper Michael Owusu Addo, known in showbiz as Sarkodie is scheduled to speak at the Africa Dialogues ...
Greek Goddess of Justice Statue Is Removed In Bangladesh
Religious hardliners in Bangladesh removed a controversial statue depicting the blindfolded Greek goddess of justice from outside the nation's supreme ...
Bangladesh Removes ‘Greek’ Statue After Islamists’ Protests
Bangladesh Friday removed a controversial statue which religious radicals claim represents an "un-Islamic" Greek goddess from outside the country's highest ...
From Passion To Wealth Creation In Egypt
Do you ever think of the heights arts can reach unhindered? It offers opportunities that have often been unimaginable. Think ...
Portrait of the Artist As A Gunshot Victim
Having yourself shot, locked up, crucified, dangled naked from a rope, kicked down stairs or clamped to the floor near ...
Argentinian Transforms NY’s Met Rooftop Into Banquet
An Argentinian sculptor has transformed the roof garden at New York's famed Metropolitan Museum of Art into a fantasy banquet ...
Iconic NY Statues At Loggerheads
A battle is heating up between two iconic New York statues, the legendary "Charging Bull" and new kid on the ...
Ronaldo Sculptor Defends His ‘bizarre’ Work
The sculptor behind a statue of Cristiano Ronaldo that left football fans scratching their heads has said his work is ...
Ronaldo Sculptor Defends His Bizarre Work
The sculptor behind a statue of Cristiano Ronaldo that left football fans scratching their heads has said his work is ...
Young Chinese Jet Set Shop At Hong Kong’s Art Basel
Huang Xiaoshuai and his wife last year splashed out $70,000 for a large painting of fish by Oscar-winning actor Adrien ...
Calls For Hong Kong To Get More Creative
Hong Kong will see a creative surge as Art Basel comes to town, but there's a push for a more ...
Thousands Petition New York To Keep ‘Fearless Girl’
A sculpture of a courageous young girl installed temporarily in New York to champion gender diversity is so popular that ...
Prince William and Prince Harry Announce the Commission of A Statue In Honor of Their Mother Princess Diana
The former Princess of Wales, Princess Diana is set to be honored with a statue in Kensington Palace. Her sons ...
Josephine Pryde Turner Prize Winner To Be Announced
The winner of the £25,000 Turner Prize is to be announced at a ceremony in London later. Artists Anthea Hamilton, ...
US Playwright Edward Albee Dies Aged 88
US playwright Edward Albee, the author of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, has died aged 88. Albee's assistant said he ...
Sculptor Denies His Statue Mocks President Mugabe
A famous Zimbabwean sculptor has insisted his statue of Robert Mugabe was not intended to mock the president. It was ...
Ghanaian Artists Talk ‘sh*t’
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri Fifteen Ghanaian artists, 15 genres of art and 15 different media, with one goal; use artwork ...
Ghanaian Artists Talk Sh*T
Fifteen Ghanaian artists, 15 genres of art and 15 different media, with one goal; use artwork to contribute to the ...