An early painting by the famed Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, thought lost since the 1930s, is on view for the first time since its recent rediscovery.

Unearthed Klimt painting, first dismissed, now on sale for $16 million Gustav Klimt’s portrait of an African prince, painted when his people were displayed in a “human zoo,” was first ...

Sydney Nyabeze’s flora-and-fauna-filled works have earned fans ranging from Hermès to the National Gallery of Zimbabwe.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A white man’s painting of a black president, genitals exposed, slashed open an ugly racial divide in South Africa this week, leading to death threats against the ...

The first inhabitants of southern Africa knew about locally abundant dicynodont fossils and made rock art about them.

Half-human, half-bird However, the image does not simply depict an African rail, and this hints at a spiritual dimension to the purpose of the painting.

In a recent research article, we described what we interpret as a painting of an African rail, found on the walls of a rock shelter in the Western Cape, south of the Langeberg range of mountains.