Peter Probst (2022) - What is African Art ? A Short History

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https://doi.org/10.51185/journals/rhca.2024.cr18

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African art, Contemporary art, Modern art, Traditional art, MoMA, Mbari Club, World Festival of Black Arts, Aina Onabolu

Abstract

Critical review: Peter Probst, What is African Art ? A Short History, Chicago/Londres, University of Chicago Press, 2022, 275 p.

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HARNEY Elizabeth (2004), In Senghor’s Shadow : Art, Politics and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 1960 -1995, Durham, Duke University Press.

KASFIR Sidney (1992), « African Art and Authenticity : A Text with a Shadow », African Arts , 25 (2), pp. 40-53+96-97.

SAVOY Bénédicte (2023), Le long combat de l’ Afrique pour son art : histoire d’ une défaite postcoloniale, Paris, Editions du Seuil.

STEINER B. Christopher (2001), African Art in Transit , Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

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2024-12-20

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No. 8 (2025): Varia

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Critical Reviews

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“Peter Probst (2022) - What Is African Art ? A Short History”. 2024. Revue D’histoire Contemporaine de L’Afrique, no. 8 (December). https://doi.org/10.51185/journals/rhca.2024.cr18.