03/18/2005. PARIS, FRANCE.- At the request of the Ethiopian and Italian governments, UNESCO will send an evaluation team to Aksum, in northern Ethiopia, to prepare the return of its celebrated obelisk. The obelisk has been in Rome since 1937. UNESCO w...

07/23/2005. LONDON, ENGLAND.- The Camden Arts Centre presents Assefa Gebrekidan, on view through 11 September 2005. Assefa Gebrekidan’s new sculptural installation at Camden Arts Centre, part of the Africa 05 programme of events, is an extraordinary ...

10/10/2006. NORTHAMPTON, MA.- The Smith College Museum of Art presents the exhibit Image and Devotion: Christian Art of Ethiopia from the Walters Art Museum through December 31. In fall 2006, over forty masterworks of Ethiopian art from the Walters Art ...

01/03/2010. NEW YORK, NY.- Robert Miller Gallery will present "Objects of Life", a special collaborative project by Patti Smith and Steven Sebring. The exhibition opens following the televisio...

02/14/2013. Ethiopia is the cradle of mankind, the birthplace of coffee, the purported resting place of the Ark of the Covenant—and home to Lucy, the 3.2 million year old hominid that has become the world’s most famous fossil, outside of Ethiopia. Even...

03/30/2013. Under a canopy of trees in a park not far from Addis Ababa's National Museum, home of many of Ethiopia's historic national treasures, a contemporary art revolution is quietly afoot. It is here at Netsa Art Village that the experimental work made f...

02/25/2015. (Time-sensitive activity), opening at the Modern Art Museum, Addis Ababa, on 26 February, presents an exciting array of artworks by the internationally acclaimed Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. The artist’s first solo exhibition in...

09/15/2015. James Cohan Gallery is presenting the Ethiopian artist Elias Sime in his New York debut exhibition open September 10 through October 17, 2015. Elias Sime is a collector of thread, buttons, pl...

12/16/2016. Surrounded by untidy stacks of paper and abandoned half-empty coffee cups, photographer Aida Muluneh chain smokes cigarettes in her Addis Ababa office and rails against the negative portrayals of Africa by foreigners. The 42-year-old came returned...

02/01/2018. From the 1st February until the 22nd April 2018, the audience will have the opportunity to discover Saâdane Afif’s work and compose its own interpretation inside Studio Paroles, a music studio freely accessible to all. During the first sem...

02/12/2018. The Royal Academy of Arts in London announced that the renowned Japanese architect Itsuko Hasegawa has been awarded the 2018 Royal Academy Architecture Prize, honouring her inspiring and en...

10/03/2019. A priceless 18th-century Ethiopian crown is set to be returned from the Netherlands to Addis Ababa after a one-time refugee found it in a suitcase and hid it in his apartment for two decades. The ornate gilded copper headgear, featuring images of...

03/08/2020. Julien's Auctions has announced The Beatles at Hard Rock Cafe, to take place on the 50th anniversary of the Fab Four's historic breakup on Friday, April 10 live in the heart of Times Square a...

04/11/2020. Julien’s Auctions held its marquee Beatlemania auction event of the year, All Beatles, today Friday, April 10 on the 50th anniversary of the Fab Four’s historic breakup live online at Jul...

12/03/2023. Today the Walters Art Museum debuts Ethiopia at the Crossroads, an extraordinary display of Ethiopian art exploring over1,750 years of Ethiopian culture and history through over 220 objects. Co-...