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"--In what degree--(They) are possessed of ornamental taste" : a history of the writing on Black art in South Africa

Author:
Nettleton, Anitra C. E  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
South Africa
Date:
1989
Topic:
Art, African--Research  Search this
Art, Southern African--Research  Search this
Art--Study and teaching  Search this
Art history  Search this
Call number:
N7391.7 .A25 1989b
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_501457

"--from our minds" : painting, sculpture, drawing exhibition

Author:
Goethe-Institut (Lagos, Nigeria)  Search this
Subject:
Babatunde, G  Search this
Olaku, Abiodun  Search this
Osiemi, Felix 1961-  Search this
Physical description:
24 p. : ill. ; 15 x 21 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1988
1988?]
20th century
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Art, Nigerian  Search this
Call number:
N7399.N5 F93 1988
N7399.N5F93 1988
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_380433

"A single story" : African women as staged in US theater / Lisa B. Thompson

Author:
Thompson, Lisa B. 1965-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Gurira, Danai Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Type:
Drama
Date:
2018
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
African American women playwrights  Search this
American drama--African American authors  Search this
African American arts--African influences  Search this
Women, African, in literature  Search this
Women, African, in motion pictures  Search this
Call number:
NX164.B55 A78 2018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1111973

"A world of great art for everyone" : African art at the Cleveland Museum of Art / Constantine Petridis

Author:
Petridis, Constantijn  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Travis, Paul Bough 1891-1975  Search this
White, Katherine Coryton  Search this
Munro, Thomas  Search this
Cleveland Museum of Art  Search this
Karamu House (Cleveland, Ohio)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Ohio
Cleveland
Date:
2011
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
African art collections  Search this
Call number:
N7380.5 .R47 2011
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_973562

"Acrobat," One of Three Legs of Quartz Vessel

Collection Photographer:
Blackmun, Barbara Winston  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Date:
circa 1981-1994
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details. Items 1234-1256 restricted. Available to view onsite only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Collection Citation:
Barbara Blackmun Collection, EEPA 2016-012, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0272
See more items in:
Barbara Blackmun Collection
Barbara Blackmun Collection / Series 1: Museum Objects / Figures / Location Unidentified
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo72aff7295-de1e-4204-b00d-aeafb691c6fd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2016-012-ref4544

"Africa 05" at the British Museum

Author:
Spring, Christopher  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Kester 1966-  Search this
British Museum Sainsbury African Galleries  Search this
Africa 2005 (London, England)  Search this
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
England
London
Date:
2006
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Call number:
GN301 .J865
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_839397

"African Voices" : Smithsonian project brings Africa alive

Author:
Mason, Michael Atwood  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
African Voices (Exhibition)  Search this
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
2001
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Call number:
GN42 .A628
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_715750

"Arte negra" alla Biennale di Venezia del 1922 Gigi Pezzoli

Author:
Pezzoli, Gigi  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Biennale di Venezia (13th : 1922 : Venice, Italy)  Search this
Type:
Pictorial works
Place:
Italy
Venice
Date:
2019
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Sculpture, Central African  Search this
Call number:
NB1080.5 .E9 2019
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1118142

"Authentic/ex-centric" at the Venice Biennale : African conceptualism in global contexts / Salah M. Hassan, Olu Oguibe

Author:
Hassan, Salah M  Search this
Oguibe, Olu 1964-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Boshoff, Willem 1951-  Search this
Shonibare, Yinka 1962-  Search this
Donkor, Godfried  Search this
Koraïchi, Rachid 1947-  Search this
Searle, Berni  Search this
Sedira, Zineb  Search this
Biennale di Venezia (49th : 2001 : Venice, Italy)  Search this
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Africa
Date:
2001
21st century
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Conceptual art  Search this
Call number:
N1 .A258
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_750895

"Black Montparnasse" : when Paris encountered African art

Author:
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
France
Paris
Date:
2006
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Call number:
N5310.7 .W927
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_828169

"Brussels is the cradle of African art."

Author:
Claes, Didier  Search this
Harrison, Anya  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Brussels Non-European Art Fair (2018)  Search this
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Belgium
Brussels
Date:
2018
Topic:
Art fairs  Search this
Art, African  Search this
Call number:
N8602 .A83
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1094870

"Can you go without your head?" : fieldwork as transformative experience

Author:
Philips, Ruth B (Ruth Bliss) 1945-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Sande Society  Search this
African Voices (Exhibition)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Sierra Leone
Date:
2001
Topic:
Art, African--Research--Methodology  Search this
Fieldwork  Search this
Call number:
N5310.7 .R248
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_751799

"Collecting the Anthropology of African Art." African Arts. 9(3) (April 1976)

Collection Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Container:
Binder 12
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1976
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Collection Citation:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Series 29: Manuscript and Printed Materials
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo71f597f19-3ff1-4ce5-8dc1-b7bbb786d18f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2005-002-ref517

"Contemporary art" or "contemporary African art" : the inevitable death of the latter

Author:
Chambers, Eddie  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
2000
20th century
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Call number:
N7380 .C76 2000X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_689527

"Daringly experimental and versatile" : African arts and the contemporary / Steven Nelson

Author:
Nelson, Steven 1962-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Periodicals
Date:
2017
20th century
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Call number:
N1 .A258
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1080868

"Dialogues in silence" : the de Menils collecting and the Menil Collection of African art / Marie-Thérèse Brincard

Author:
Brincard, Marie-Thérèse  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Menil, Dominique de  Search this
Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Texas
Houston
Date:
2011
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
African art collections  Search this
Call number:
N7380.5 .R47 2011
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_973569

"Ethiopia" Opens, NMAfA

Subject:
Ethiopia: The Christian Art of an African Nation (Exhibition)  Search this
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this
Place:
Africa
Date:
May 23, 1984
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Exhibit openings  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_1675

"For God and for England" : missionary contributions to an image of Africa

Author:
Coombes, Annie E  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Church Missionary Society Exhibitions  Search this
London Missionary Society Exhibitions  Search this
Wesleyan Missionary Society Exhibitions  Search this
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Africa
Great Britain
England
Date:
1994
Topic:
Missions  Search this
Art, African  Search this
Ethnological museums and collections  Search this
Missions--Societies, etc  Search this
Call number:
DT32.1 .C66 1994X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_502132

"For R>EAL" : Die Konstruktion von Wirklichkeit und Identität in der Arbeit von Künstlern aus Afrika in Europa / Marjorie A. Jongbloed

Title:
For REAL
Author:
Jongbloed, Marjorie 1969-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Netherlands
Maastricht
Africa
Date:
2000
20th century
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Art and globalization  Search this
Call number:
N6490 .C663 2000
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1098026

"History in the making" : National Museum of African Art, Saturday, November 2, 1996

Title:
Teacher workshop
Memory : Luba art and the making of history
Author:
Jenke, Veronika  Search this
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
1 portfolio ([18] leaves) ; 31 cm. + 1 sheet of 7 col. slides
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1996
[1996]
Topic:
Sculpture, Luba--Study and teaching  Search this
Wood-carving, Luba--Study and teaching  Search this
Art, Black--Study and teaching  Search this
Art, Luba--Study and teaching  Search this
Art and history--Study and teaching  Search this
Art, African--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_697216

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