Archaeologists have discovered what they claim to be the oldest example of figurative art made by human hands. An ochre painting of pigs, found on a cave wall in Indonesia, has been dated to be at ...

If you are an artist who works with the human figure, there’s a good chance that your bookshelf includes a dog-eared copy of Andrew Loomis’s classic Figure Drawing for All It’s Worth. Originally ...

Founded in 2011, OOA Gallery (Out of Africa Gallery) maintains a mission of fostering and promoting contemporary African art, working closely with a diverse roster of artists and developing ...

Scientists have identified the oldest figurative art in the world, and it can be found in a cave in the Borneo jungle. Created more than 40,000 years ago, the faint image depicts wild cattle, painted ...

An international team of researchers claims to have dated mysterious cave art in Borneo—a southeast Asian island that is the third largest in the world—to as early as 40,000 years ago, placing the ...

Archaeologist have revealed the first example of Paleolithic figurative cave art found in the Balkan Peninsula. An international team, led by an archaeologist from the University of Southampton and ...

Archaeologists exploring caves in Indonesia have discovered a wall painting that could be the oldest figurative painting ever found. It depicts ... a cow. Despite the humble subject matter, the ...

If you are interested in the history of humanity, it undoubtedly leads you back to the period when Neanderthals lived. Unfortunately, little is known about how these early humans lived in this era.

Southern Africa has provided much information concerning the cultural, technological and cognitive evolution of Homo sapiens. As indications of cognitive complexity that become prevalent during the ...

A pig painted on the wall of an Indonesian cave is the world’s oldest figurative art—that is, it’s the oldest known drawing of something, rather than an abstract design or a stencil. The ...