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African modernism
African modernism is the modernist art, architecture, and visual culture made by African artists, most prominently from the late 1950s through the 1970s, as newly independent states sought cultural forms equal to their political independence.
AfriCOBRA
AfriCOBRA is an African American artist collective founded in 1968 on Chicago's South Side, known for bright "Kool-Aid" colors and positive images of Black life.
Afro-Cuban art
Afro-Cuban art is the visual, performative, and religious art of Cuba rooted in African-descended cultures, ranging from Santería ritual objects and batá drumming to modernist painting.
Egyptian modern art
Egyptian modern art is a modernist visual art movement centered in Cairo and Alexandria from the late nineteenth century through the 1960s, combining French academic training with Egyptian, Arab, and Islamic traditions.
Haitian naïve painting
Haitian naïve painting is a movement of self-taught figurative painting that emerged in Haiti in the 1940s around the Centre d'Art in Port-au-Prince, led by painters like Philomé Obin and Hector Hyppolite.
Osogbo Art School
The Osogbo Art School, also called the Oshogbo School or Osogbo Art Movement, was an informal Nigerian art movement that emerged in Osogbo in the early 1960s.