Essays on the works, the artists, and the country that shapes them. One piece a week.
How Adulis started: an Ethiopian kid in Dallas, a first trip to Florence, a company that ended, and the idea that wouldn't leave.
Read the pieceA deep reading of Wendwesen Kebede Abera’s Sun Above the Ancestors, released in 100 hand-signed prints.
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A closer look at Robel Wolde’s The Journey for Water — everyday endurance rendered as celebration.
Read the pieceWendwesen Kebede Abera’s newest work, released in 100 hand-signed prints through Adulis.
Read the pieceA perspective on why Ethiopian art has always been here — and why the world is finally catching up.
Read the pieceThe companion piece to Sun Above the Ancestors — Wendwesen Kebede Abera’s Council of the Eternal Guardians.
Read the pieceEvery piece written here begins with a painting hanging somewhere. The season's collection is on view now — ten works, once a month, until they're gone.
Enter the collection“Not decoration. Not a nice thing on a wall.”