Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Anyone who has visited the choice collection at the Kimbell Art Museum in ...

The Oni of Ife must hear this, Hirst's "Golden heads (female)" sculpture at his Venice exhibition is a perfect replica of Ife sculpture and he didn't even reference Ife or Nigeria. Victor Ehikhamenor, ...

The Ife kingdom, which ruled what is now Nigeria from roughly A.D. 800 to 1400, produced astonishing sculpture whose realism far outstripped that of European artists during the same period, said The ...

When you walk into “Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, it feels like you are walking into a crowd of people. The exhibition is filled with the faces ...

British police are keeping a stolen statue worth millions of dollars in their custody as a dispute rages between a Belgian antiques dealer and a Nigerian museum over its ownership, writes Barnaby ...

Chances are that when you think of the term “African art” what comes to mind are figures and face masks carved out of wood. Right? Well, you're not wrong. Most sub- Saharan art fits that description.

LONDON (Reuters) - A show about the kingdom of Ife, which flourished in what is now Nigeria from the 12th to 15th centuries, underlines why sculptures found last century forced the West to revise its ...

Olu Omisore is a multi disciplinary artist, accessories designer and CEO of Olokun Home inspired by the Ife heads .In this interview with Yetunde Oladeinde, he talks about his passion, inspiration, ...

Africa is a continent rich with art; specifically in Nigeria, our art is connected to our History. The Ife Bronze Sculptures are one of the most popular and priceless artworks in Nigeria and Africa.