Many artists train themselves through mimicry and adaptation. For Ethiopian Behulum Mengistu, 24, that wasn’t feasible; when he was a teenager and budding graffiti artist, his native Amharic alphabet ...

Exhibit by artist Hirut Yosef. Through March 31. 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays; 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays ...

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 painting of ...

Now based in San Francisco, Ethiopian-born Wosene Worke Kosrof is a leading figure of contemporary African art who is known for his abstract style of vivid colors, rhythmical lines and use of Amharic ...

Wide-eyed superwomen mesh with history in an eye-catchinge new exhibit by an emerging Israeli artist, currently on view in Harlem. Bold, lively, and abstract, “Mulu and the Beta Clan” by Hirut Yosef ...

Title in Amharic and English. Amharic and English. Part one originally published in 1984. 1957 is a watershed year in the art history of Ethiopia; it was the year of the founding of the Fine Art ...

Artist Abrar Abdo is an icon of Ethiopian theatre. This great actor is on familiar terms with the nuts and bolts of acting techniques. There is nothing under the sun which makes the actor by a long ...

Ethiopian artist Wosene Worke Kosrof explores the aesthetic potential of symbols from the Amharic script. He began distorting the symbols of his language 35 years ago and it is now an integral part of ...

The Board of Vision Ethiopia, an independent and nonpartisan network of Ethiopian academics and professionals, expresses its deepest sorrow over the vicious killing of Mr. Hachalu Hundessa, and sends ...