For more than 20 years photographer Phyllis Galembo has traveled Africa and Haiti documenting the art of the masquerade. What is it about masks? “It’s the creativity,” says Galembo.
New research suggests Tutankhamun’s iconic golden mask may have originally belonged to another royal figure, possibly Queen ...
A couple is suing a local antique dealer after they learned that an African mask they parted with for $158 was later sold at auction for about $4.4 million. The couple — an unnamed 81-year-old ...
Gabon had separately requested that the sale of the mask be halted on the grounds that it rightfully belonged to the country. But the court also rejected that argument. The West African country ...
On the evening of November 6, we had the privilege of stepping into Samurai Farai’s first solo exhibition, Masks Of Modernity ...
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond ... Yanick Folly / AFP Also on Sunday, a man in a costume and mask is surrounded by spectators at a festival ...