The article has been corrected. The D.C. region is home to the largest Ethiopian community outside that country, yet displays of its art and culture in area museums have been relatively rare.

The Walters Art Museum opened their latest art exhibit “Ethiopia at the Crossroads” to the public on Dec. 3. The exhibit has 1,750 years worth of Ethiopian art, antiques and artifacts that ...

This painted fan, the only one of its kind in the United States, summarizes the themes of Ethiopia at the Crossroads at the Walters Art Museum. Compiling over 220 artifacts spanning almost two ...

And it’s just one of 225 objects in what the museum describes as the first major art exhibition in America to examine Ethiopian culture and artistic traditions from their origins to the present.

PARIS, France—Ethiopian artist Julie Mehretu debuted the 20 th BMW Art Car last week in Paris. With her design, Mehretu fused industrial design objects, creating a “performative painting” on ...

The Walters Museum of Art, which holds one of the most extensive collections of Ethiopian art outside of Ethiopia, is hosting a major US exhibition of 1,750 years of art from the Horn of Africa.

Such is the case with Sophie Ong, Assistant Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Toledo Museum of Art, and her thinking about connections between Toledo and Ethiopia. Say what? “Toledo is a ...

Ethiopian art is inextricably linked to daily and ceremonial life. From childhood one comes into contact with centuries-old traditions which carry liturgical and philosophical meanings.

“People often think African art is just about tradition or folklore, but it’s far more complex — it's a critical part of the global conversation,” says Mifta Zeleke, a curator whose work reshapes ...

ADDIS ABABA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Standing in front of a canvas in an art gallery in the heart of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, 50-year-old artist Dawit Muluneh is fully absorbed in the ...

Ethiopia is coming to Baltimore. Fox 45's Marc Clarke went down to the Walters Art Museum to check out "Ethiopia at the Crossroads." First, he spoke with Christine Sciacca, the curator of European ...