Installation view of Ethiopia at the Crossroads at the Walters Art Museum. Pictured: 20th-century liturgical dress and umbrella from the Peabody Essex Museum (photo Nandini Pandey/ Hyperallergic ).

Modern Ethiopian art is therefore basically and thematically secular. If we look at the modern paintings by Maitre Artists Afewerk Tekle we realize that they largely deal with heroism, African ...

Founded in 2005, the Modern Art Museum: Gebre Kristos Desta Center of Addis Ababa University is dedicated to Ethiopia’s celebrated modern painter, and houses the finest collection of his paintings.

One of the people she was keen to meet was Mesai Haileleul, an Ethiopian art historian and a Los-Angeles-based gallery owner who had fled Ethiopia during the early days of the military junta in ...

Until recently the buying and selling of modern and contemporary art in Ethiopia was all but non-existent. The entrance to Makush Art Gallery & Restaurant in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa ...

A contemporary art collective in Ethiopia is spearheading a modern art movement; native artists are optimistic about a future in international visual art scene Under a canopy of trees in a park ...

“Ethiopia at the Crossroads,” traverses 1,750 years of that nation’s artistic traditions, emphasizing its influence as the bridge between Africa, Europe, and Asia.

PARIS, France—Ethiopian artist Julie Mehretu debuted the 20 th BMW Art Car last week in Paris. With her design, Mehretu fused industrial design objects, creating a “performative painting” on ...

Traditional Ethiopian art forms are rich in color and symbolism, yet as, with many areas, western influences tend to dominate the scene. One reason is the lack of historical documents to explain ...