El Anatsui’s “Womb of Time” (2014) at The School (all images ©El Anatsui, and courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, unless otherwise noted) KINDERHOOK, NY — The School, Jack ...

From El Anatsui: Art and Life, by Susan Vogel. El Anatsui, Broken Bridge, 2012. Site-specific installation for "La Triennale d'art contemporain," MuséeGalliera, Paris, 2012. Photo by Erik Lasalle, ...

DOHA — In an interview with the Paris Review in 1993, the late Toni Morrison once said, I think of beauty as an absolute necessity. I don’t think it’s a privilege or an indulgence. It’s not even a ...

Intrigued by an artwork that is new to me, I like to get very close and examine its texture. It's not unlike having a handshake with a new acquaintance that hopefully confirms a first, favorable ...

Contemporary art lovers who are also music fans will find a special offering during the Art Dubai fair this week, with more than 70 examples from the record collection of Ghanaian artist El Anatsui ...

Contemporary African artist El Anatsui can probably tell you the drinking statistics for Nsukka, a town in southeast Nigeria. Over the past 15 years, his studio there has grown from a solitary art ...

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His 2019 retrospective exhibition in Germany, Triumphant Scale, firmly established him as a leading global voice. It was co-curated by the late Okwui Enwezor, who is famed for bringing African art ...

El Anatsui, born in 1944 in Anyako, Ghana, is a renowned contemporary artist known for his large-scale sculptures made from discarded bottle caps and aluminum. His work, which often explores themes of ...

El Anatsui is a contemporary Ghanian sculptor. Internationally celebrated for his transformation of simple materials into elaborate, mutable sculptures, Anatsui uses wood, discarded metal, and clay ...