Amid an unfolding civil war, unique Christian wall paintings have been found in hidden chambers of an ancient Sudanese city
Art found by chance in Old Dongola shows King David of Makuria kissing the hand of Jesus, a remarkable example of Christian art now threatened by unfolding violence in Sudan
Brazil’s Black Art Museum takes up residence at Inhotim sculpture park
Founded by artist Abdias Nascimento, the institution will stage a series of four exhibitions at Inhotim over the next two years
Artist creates ‘slave ship’ installation in Lisbon to spark debate around Portugal’s history of colonialism
The work by Grada Kilomba is part of the Biennial of Contemporary Art and aims to counter the “politics of erasure”
‘National histories are not national facts’: British Art Show 9 kicks off in Aberdeen with ambitious exhibition tackling latest issues
The show of 47 artists will evolve as it tours to venues in Wolverhampton, Manchester and Plymouth
Archaeologists find ruins of vast Medieval Nubian cathedral in Sudan
Polish team used remote sensing techniques to detect the building, the largest of its kind in the region, as well as a possible tomb of an archbishop
‘Colonial history is international history’: Rijksmuseum reflects on slavery’s legacy in new show
The exhibition will offer new insights into the experiences of slaves as well as the role of Dutch trading companies
Kara Walker's secret archive to go on show at Kunstmuseum Basel this summer
Around 600 unseen drawings, collages, studies and writings will flood the museum's ground-floor galleries, providing a window into the American artist's work
Incredible 1,000-year-old Viking burial site found in Norway belonged to 'Iron Age elite'
Using radar technology, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 19m-long ship beneath a farmer's fields