Tag: Southern Africa

Contemporary Landscape Photography of Southern Africa is Focus of New Exhibition

BURLAFINGEN.- The complex layers of meaning embedded in the physical attributes of a place are explored in Appropriated Landscapes, an exhibition on landscape photography of Southern Africa, on view at the Walther Collection in Neu-Ulm / Burlafingen, G…

Native American Art at the Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art in San Diego

San Diego, CA – “In Their Own Words: Classic and Contemporary Native American Art” on view until September 5th at the Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art in San Diego presents classic art from North America’s indigenous artisans shown alo…

Hugh Tracey’s African Music Recordings Now on Display in Johannesburg

JOHANNESBURG (AP).- Hugh Tracey came to southern Africa in the 1920s to become a tobacco farmer but ended up compiling the largest known archive of traditional African music, recording performers from Congo to Zimbabwe over nearly five decades. Now hun…

Hugh Tracey’s African Music Recordings Now on Display in Johannesburg

JOHANNESBURG (AP).- Hugh Tracey came to southern Africa in the 1920s to become a tobacco farmer but ended up compiling the largest known archive of traditional African music, recording performers from Congo to Zimbabwe over nearly five decades. Now hun…

Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Collection of Objects from Southern Africa and Contemporary Work by Tony Oursler

CLEVELAND, OH.- A collection of 19th- and 20th-century portable objects from southern Africa and a contemporary sculpture and video piece from American artist Tony Oursler are the latest works acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art. The acquisitions w…

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