ART RUBY » Africa http://artruby.com The best art journal: art news, artist profiles, galleries, art fairs, fashion, photography, contemporary art, and architecture. Tue, 22 May 2012 02:37:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Senegalese President Unveils £17m African Renaissance Statue http://artruby.com/senegalese-president-unveils-17m-african-renaissance-statue/square http://artruby.com/senegalese-president-unveils-17m-african-renaissance-statue#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:04:20 +0000 Art Rubynstein http://artruby.com/?p=4731

Senegal’s new monument was unveiled amid criticism that the 49-meter bronze statue is a presidential vanity project and waste of money.

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Bonhams will give over its Madison Avenue location to “Africa Now: Contemporary African Art,” a first auction of recent African artworks.

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Africa’s most spectacular water system comes to life in a new photography book “Okavango Delta: Floods of Life.”

]]> http://artruby.com/books-okavango-delta-floods-of-life/feed 0 Malick Sidibé Photographs: One Nation Under a Groove http://artruby.com/malick-sidibe-photographs-one-nation-under-a-groove/square http://artruby.com/malick-sidibe-photographs-one-nation-under-a-groove#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:43:35 +0000 Art Rubynstein http://artruby.com/?p=3972

Malick Sidibé’s photographs capture Mali shaking free of its colonial past and embracing rock’n'roll and the latest Paris fashions.

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When photographer Rankin went to Congo he wanted to capture images of love in a land of conflict.

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