African Art
See Also: Ethnic and Regional
African Art Prints and Posters
Works inspired by African culture, the largest selection at the lowest price, including thousands of custom framing and mounting options.
Museums and Exhibits
African American Museums
National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution features African art from antiquity to the present.
Cycles: African Life Through Art
An interactive exhibit exploring themes in African art using works from the Indianapolis Museum of Art's African collection, includes commentary from artists, photography and music.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: African Art
Central, Eastern, Southern, and Western African art images and information.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art and Oracle
Explore African art and divination rituals, includes links to exhibit descriptions, a map of sub-Saharan Africa, and essays on divination.
Africa: The Art of a Continent
Includes works of early humankind to objects created in the twentieth century, arranged geographically and by medium, from the Guggenheim Museum.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Sub-Saharan African Art
Collection of 19th and 20th century African art focusing on cultures in Nigeria, Benin, the Cameroon Grassfields, and Zaire.
Detroit Institute of Arts: African Art
Collection includes important examples of African culture acquired early in its history.
Yale University Art Gallery: African Art
Collection of over 1,000 objects in ceramic, wood, metal, and other materials, including the Linton Collection of African Art, a small selection of images are available online.
African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning
Online exhibit of objects selected to exemplify African aesthetic and moral principles, includes some of the finest pieces from the Bayly Art Museum, most of the works are from West Africa.
The Art of the African Mask
An online exhibition of African masks representing spirit beings, departed ancestors, and invisible icons of power.
Bayly Museum
Collection of images from the University of Virginia Bayly Museum.
CAAC: Contemporary African Art Collection
The largest private collection of contemporary African art in the world, includes works by artists in sub-Saharan Africa.
Art from Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back
An interactive exhibit featuring ten artists and scholars who have works displayed at the Seattle Art Museum.
Museum for African Art
An independent institution dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of African art and culture.
Archive of African Artists
The National Museum of African Art Library collection of over 2,000 files on contemporary African artists.
Mead Art Museum: Daniels Gallery
More than 300 objects of art from West Africa with selected works viewable online.
Resources
Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art
The world's foremost resource center for the research of African visual arts with over 32,000 volumes on African art, culture, and history.
Art History Resources on the Web: African Art
The arts of Africa from ancient to contemporary compiled by Professor Christopher Witcombe, Department of Art History, Sweet Briar College, Virginia.
African Americans in the Visual Arts
A historical perspective from Long Island University, includes African influences, the Harlem Renaissance, museums, and notable artists.
African Art on the Internet
Selected internet resources prepared by Karen Fung, Curator, African Collection, Stanford University Libraries.
African Art and History Links
Includes links to university sites, galleries and museums, music, dance, textiles, and more.
African Studies: Art and Archaeology of Africa
Internet resources for African art and archaeology studies from Columbia University.
Introduction to African Art and Architecture
Site of Professor Henry Drewal of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, includes information, digital images, and maps.
University of Pennsylvania: African Images
Multimedia archives including maps, sculptures, masks, flags, and more.
Wikipedia: African Art
Describes traditional and contemporary African art by country and its influence on Western art.
Galleries and Crafts
African-Encounters.com
Fine contemporary paintings created by contemporary African artists.
StoneAge Art Company
Shona sculpture from over 250 artists living in Zimbabwe. From the traditional to the abstract form.
Shongia Import Gallery
Your source for imported Shona sculpture, African masks and artifacts, tribal art, original paintings and art glass.
African Bead and Wire Art
Hand made bead and wire artwork made in South Africa by Zimbabwean refugees.
A-Gallery
A forum on original works of fine art by painters from East and South Africa.
Site Languages: German and English
ZimSculpt
Virtual gallery of Zimbabwean Shona sculpture stone sculpture.
Utonga Gallery
Specializes in Zimbabwean Shona sculpture, crafted from verdite and spring stone.
