American audiences for generations have been conditioned to connect that phrase with items like wood carvings, masks, and shields. The “African art” galleries at most museums are full of those objects ...

Roy Peter Clark teaches writing at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida. His most recent books include Writing Tools, How to Write Short, and the upcoming The Art of X-ray Reading.

After the record-breaking R22 million sale of Irma Stern’s Children Reading the Koran last month, another collection of highly sought-after modern and contemporary art is hitting the market on 16 May.