Previously, experts who believed figurative art emerged after humans’ dispersal from Africa insisted that the tradition began in Europe, not Asia. Oktaviana’s team shows that the oldest ...

The oldest known cave painting in Africa (and perhaps the world) is a stunning 73,000-year-old cross-hatch pattern on a rock in Blombos Cave, South Africa. More famous are the figurative paintings in ...

The artist’s exhibition challenges colonial looting and the fight to reclaim Africa’s stolen cultural heritage ...

The cultures of the enslaved Africans and the indigenous Brazilians contributed to the art of capoeira, with a reflection that makes up contemporary Brazil. Video by Zakee Kuduro-Thomas Executive ...

The humble pig-and-humans painting is now officially the oldest known figurative cave art. Some older etchings on cave walls ...