Focus on African Art, Art History and Art Criticism

Eastern Art Report surveys and reports on developments in African art and art history in the wider context of the international contemporary art scene or in relation to western attitudes to non-western art. EAR is not as comprehensive in its coverage of African art as specialised publications on the subject. To find what you are looking for, in the first instance, go to --

• International Diary news pages, Listings and Marketplace.
• Index to Back Issues; or
• Contents.

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• Write to EAR.

Related events of interest--

In addition to articles in EAR, Saffron Books, an imprint of Eastern Art Publishing, has initiated a series, African Art and Society (Series Editor: Sajid Rizvi), which features these titles:

EL ANATSUI: A Sculpted History of Africa [1998], with texts in English, French, German and Japanese, published in 1998. Authors: John Picton (Reader in African Art, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London) with Gerard Houghton, Yukiya Kawaguchi, Elisabeth Lalouschek, Simon Njami and Elizabeth Péri-Willis. Order Form

Art Criticism and Africa [1997], published in 1997. Edited by Katy Deepwell with texts by Fatma Ismail Afifi, David Koloane, Murray McCartney, Tony Mhonda, Barbara Murray, Everlyn Nicodemus, Olu Oguibe, Chika Okeke, Ola Oloidi, John Picton, Colin Richards, George Shire and Ola Bisi Silva.Details and Order Form

Soon to be published

Divisions and Diversions: Visual Arts in post-Apartheid South Africa, edited by John Picton and Jennifer Law, SOAS, University of London.

Artists and Art Academies in Africa, edited by Elsbeth Court, SOAS, University of London & Salah Hassan, Cornell University, NY. Details

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