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ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY for World Giraffe Day: The Dabous Giraffes

June 21st is World Giraffe Day! These two life-size giraffe petroglyphs are the largest known animal carvings in the world.

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21 June, 2023 3 November, 2023Animal Art of the Day, Animal Holiday

NEW EXHIBITION: Tingatinga @ UCLA’s Fowler Museum

Tingatinga September 25, 2022–January 8, 2023 Free Admission Fowler Museum at UCLA This exhibition showcases a series of animal paintings made by members of the Tingatinga Arts Cooperative Society in the 1990s. The Tingatinga style began with Tanzanian painter Edward Saidi (E.S.) Tingatinga (b. Dar es Salaam, 1939; d. 1972)….

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25 September, 2022 3 November, 2023Exhibition

SWIPED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art features animal pieces from its collection all month long!

After a long period of relatively little activity outside of posting info about events, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art’s social media has had a busy August sharing more images from its collection, including no less than a half dozen animal art-themed works! I have been sharing these on the…

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1 September, 2022 3 November, 2023Swiped from Social Media

ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY for World Lizard Day #1: a trio of copper chameleon rings

chameleon rings

Small cast copper-alloy ornaments are made across West Africa within the arc of the great Niger River. Brass or bronze casting has powerful associations with the supernatural because, like ironworking, it is a highly specialized process that uses fire to transform a raw material into a form that is useful…

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14 August, 2022 8 September, 2022Animal Art of the Day, Animal Holiday
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