A museum spokeswoman said the painting, set against the backdrop of a Caribbean sugar plantation, was based on a design commissioned by the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade on 5 July ...

Artists from the US and across Africa interpret Dakar exhibition's theme, tied to slavery's past and future repercussions, in ...

The 2024 Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art, known as Dak’Art, opened in Senegal with a theme exploring the legacy of ...

A whirlwind of color and art at the opening of this year's Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art in the Senegalese ...

Like George Morland's painting entitled The Slave Trade, the scene is set on the African coast. Unlike Morland's version, which captures the moment when an African couple is separated, Biard's ...

Marine paintings are particularly bound up with fantasies ... But the advance in popular understanding of the larger impact of the slave trade and colonialism makes this exhibition seem dated.

3, its members will walk the halls of a building whose paintings and statues pay homage to 141 enslavers. As part of a year-long investigation into Congress’s relationship with slavery ...

At an art festival in Dakar, artists from both sides of the Atlantic examine the legacy of slavery The U.S. exhibit showcases seven African American artists whose works examine the past ...

The wake of slavery impacted all Americans, said Diana Baird N’Diaye, the show's curator. She is based between the U.S. and Senegal. The displayed art does not only relate to the past ...