Masks have long been used by African artists to define relationships between individuals, communities, the environment and to challenge the status quo. Pictured: "Mask (Gela)", Unidentified We ...

A new theory is challenging the long-held belief that Picasso's groundbreaking "Demoiselles d'Avignon" was inspired by ...

“Masks often had a spiritual and symbolic significance in our pre-colonial African cultures,” the artist told BDLife a few days after her successful January 27 opening in which every one of ...

Alain Moreau suggested that the mask long thought to be the painting's main influence was not in Europe until after the ...

Without Masks: Contemporary Afro-Cuban Art continues at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC to Nov. 2. An artist’s talk takes place today at 1 p.m. and May 6 at 7 p.m.