John K. Lapiana has been appointed director after a year and a half in an interim role following the abrupt departure of Ngaire Blankenberg. John K. Lapiana, (L), new director of the Smithsonian's ...

Photo courtesy of Jomo Tariku, designer of modern African furniture. This stool is inspired by spiritual traditions of the Dogon people, incorporating elements of the Dogon cosmology. The ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art has announced the exhibition “Tsedaye Makonnen—Sanctuary.” Opening Dec. 13 and remaining an ongoing display, the exhibition features seven sculptures ...

The museums will temporarily close as the Smithsonian routes staff to other outposts. By Sarah Bahr The institution’s National Museum of African Art says it has removed the artworks from display. It ...

The National Museum of Natural History is among the first eight Smithsonian sites the Trump administration announced it will ...

TULSA, Okla.–President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday targeting “improper ideology” at the Smithsonian Institution’s museums, parks and research facilities, including the National ...

Warren M. Robbins, 85, founder of the Museum of African Art, forerunner to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, died Dec. 4 at George Washington University Hospital of complications from ...

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is bringing African art to Philly. The plan is for the art to stay permanently. Imani Roach, curator for the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Brind Center for African and ...

The selection of exhibitions and other events featured in the CAA Committee on Women in the Arts Spring Picks emphasize capacious connections that both well-known artists and their lesser. The ...