African masks are rich in culture and history, representing various traditions and communities across the continent ...

SPENCER — How does celebrating Black History Month relate to kindness? A sixth-grade class at North Rowan Middle School used a hands-on activity to find out. We were thrilled to find out that we would ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, the traditional masks of sub-Saharan Africa motivated artists such as Picasso and Matisse to remake the human form. A century later, these masks have become a ...

From masks worn to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to Hong Kong protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks during anti-China protests, 2020 is a time of masks. Yet in much of Africa, such face coverings masks ...

Millimeters-thick sheets of delicately etched bronze. Pleated, laser-cut coral collars. This isn’t haute couture, though it could be. These are face masks. Nigeria-based architectural designer Tosin ...

“Disguise: Masks and Global African Art” is an exhibition about identity, which is unremarkable when questions of identity have been front and center for artists for more than a quarter-century. What ...

*From masks worn to prevent the spread of Covid-19 to Hong Kong protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks during anti-China protests, 2020 is a time of masks. Yet in much of Africa, such face coverings ...

After five years exploring the beauty of black figures on canvas, Tobenna Okwuosa seemed to have a fresh visual definition for figurative expressions. This much the artist brings in his current solo ...