The Ife kingdom, which ruled what is now Nigeria from roughly A.D. 800 to 1400, produced astonishing sculpture whose realism far outstripped that of European artists during the same period, said The ...

Opinion - It was with great anticipation that I approached the 'Kingdom of Ife' exhibition on display in the central gallery space at the British Museum. When 'Africa: the Art of a Continent' showed ...

Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria features more than 100 extraordinary copper, terra cotta, and stone sculptures that were uncovered in the 1910s and 1930s in present-day Southwest ...

LOU’S VIEWS: Ife sculptures at IMA paint a thousand words July 14, 2011 Keywords Arts & Entertainment / Attractions / etc. / Exhibits / Indianapolis Museum of Art / Lou's Views / Opinion / Visual Arts ...

Chances are that when you think of the term “African art” what comes to mind are figures and face masks carved out of wood. Right? Well, you're not wrong. Most sub- Saharan art fits that description.

When you walk into “Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, it feels like you are walking into a crowd of people. The exhibition is filled with the faces ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A show about the kingdom of Ife, which flourished in what is now Nigeria from the 12th to 15th centuries, underlines why sculptures found last century forced the West to revise its ...

Many of us, when we hear the phrase "African art," think of the kind of masks and sculpture that inspired modern artists such as Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst and Amedeo Modigliani. Designed to represent ...

A collection of more than 100 items of African art is now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the first stop in a U.S. tour of rare art works from Nigeria's Ife region. The exhibition is ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Anyone who has visited the choice collection at the Kimbell Art Museum in ...

1 Watch: Next On Stage's High School & College Top 5 Revealed 2 Watch: Next On Stage's High School & College Top 10 Revealed The critically acclaimed exhibition Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in ...

No other exhibition could give justice to the newly reinstalled African galleries at the MFAH like this show, the U.S. debut of more than 100 extraordinary copper, terra cotta and stone sculptures ...