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African Portrait Gallery

Disclaimer

Clarifying the Scope and Limitations of Information, Images, and Engagement

The information provided on the African Portrait Gallery (“APG,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) website is intended for general informational, cultural, artistic, educational, archival, and institutional purposes only.

By using this website, viewing its content, submitting information, or engaging with APG’s platform, you acknowledge and accept the limitations, conditions, and clarifications set forth in this Disclaimer.

1. General Information

All content on this website is presented in good faith and is intended to support the mission of APG as a cultural, artistic, educational, and archival institution.

APG seeks to document, interpret, and promote the lives, contributions, ideas, and legacies of individuals whose work has shaped Africa, people of African descent, and the wider human community.

While we strive for accuracy, clarity, responsibility, and institutional seriousness, APG makes no warranties or guarantees regarding the completeness, reliability, timeliness, or accuracy of all information presented on this website.

2. No Professional Advice

The content on this website does not constitute legal, financial, tax, investment, medical, professional, curatorial, academic, historical, or advisory services.

Any information provided by APG is for general institutional and educational purposes only. Users should seek appropriate professional guidance before making legal, financial, professional, personal, or business decisions based on information obtained from this website.

3. Image Sources, Artistic Use, and Humanitarian Purpose

APG uses images, portraits, photographs, artworks, visual references, and other media materials for cultural, artistic, educational, humanitarian, archival, and public-interest purposes.

Some images and visual materials used or referenced by APG may be:

  • Original works created, commissioned, or produced by APG or its contributors;
  • Submitted by artists, photographers, writers, partners, members, or other contributors;
  • Licensed, purchased, or obtained from stock image companies or authorized media sources;
  • Obtained from publicly accessible internet sources for reference, editorial, educational, archival, or transformative purposes;
  • Used as source materials for artistic editing, refinement, reinterpretation, reclassification, or visual development.

Where APG collects, edits, refines, reclassifies, or visually reinterprets images, the intention is to support humanitarian, educational, cultural, and public-interest goals. These goals may include promoting distinguished personalities, preserving historical memory, encouraging positive public education, supporting leadership awareness, advancing cultural dignity, and celebrating contributions to Africa, people of African descent, and humanity.

APG does not claim ownership of third-party images, photographs, trademarks, names, likenesses, or materials that are legally owned by others unless such ownership has been transferred, licensed, assigned, commissioned, or otherwise granted to APG.

APG makes reasonable efforts to use images responsibly, respectfully, and in good faith. Where ownership, attribution, licensing, or usage concerns are brought to our attention, APG may review, correct, credit, remove, replace, or modify such materials as appropriate.

4. Respect for Personalities, Public Figures, and Historical Subjects

APG’s presentation of individuals, public figures, historical personalities, living achievers, deceased heroes, cultural leaders, artists, thinkers, and other subjects is intended to honor, interpret, document, educate, and promote constructive public understanding.

Inclusion of a person’s name, image, likeness, story, biography, achievement, or symbolic representation on the APG platform does not necessarily imply direct endorsement, sponsorship, partnership, approval, or formal affiliation with APG unless expressly stated.

APG does not intend to defame, misrepresent, exploit, or diminish any person, family, institution, estate, organization, culture, nation, or community. Any concern regarding representation may be submitted to APG for review.

5. Applications, Submissions, and Engagements

Submission of applications, partnership inquiries, membership forms, support offers, profiles, nominations, portfolios, proposals, images, or other materials through this website does not guarantee acceptance, approval, publication, partnership, exhibition, archive inclusion, funding, mentorship, support, or any form of engagement with APG.

All submissions are subject to APG’s internal review, institutional discretion, curatorial judgment, operational capacity, and mission alignment.

Submission through this website does not automatically create a binding relationship, employment relationship, agency relationship, partnership, donor agreement, contractual relationship, or fiduciary duty between the submitter and APG.

6. External Links

This website may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, payment processors, embedded media, reference sources, partner sites, or other external services.

APG does not control, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for the content, policies, practices, security, availability, accuracy, or reliability of any external websites or third-party services.

Users who access third-party links do so at their own discretion and are encouraged to review the terms, privacy policies, and practices of those external platforms independently.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, APG, its directors, officers, trustees, employees, advisors, partners, contributors, volunteers, representatives, and affiliated parties shall not be liable for any loss, claim, damage, cost, liability, or expense arising from or related to:

  • Use of this website;
  • Reliance on any information, image, profile, biography, article, archive, statement, or material provided on this website;
  • Technical issues, interruptions, delays, errors, omissions, viruses, or website unavailability;
  • Third-party websites, platforms, services, or external links;
  • Submission, review, acceptance, rejection, publication, or non-publication of any materials;
  • Any curatorial, institutional, operational, artistic, educational, or archival decision made by APG.

Users access and use this website at their own risk.

8. Accuracy, Changes, and Availability

APG reserves the right to modify, correct, revise, update, remove, replace, suspend, or discontinue any website content, image, page, feature, form, service, program, publication, archive, or section at any time without prior notice.

APG does not guarantee that the website will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, accurate, error-free, or up to date.

9. Copyright and Rights Concerns

APG respects intellectual property rights and the rights of creators, photographers, artists, estates, organizations, and lawful rights holders.

If you believe that any image, text, artwork, photograph, likeness, media item, or other material appearing on the APG website infringes your rights or has been used improperly, you may contact APG with relevant details, including:

  • Your name and contact information;
  • A description of the material in question;
  • The specific page or location where the material appears;
  • Evidence of ownership, authorization, or legal interest;
  • The action you are requesting APG to consider.

APG may review such concerns and, where appropriate, correct attribution, remove the material, replace the material, seek clarification, or take other reasonable action.

10. No Endorsement

References to individuals, organizations, institutions, companies, countries, foundations, public figures, artists, partners, or third-party services on this website do not necessarily constitute endorsement, sponsorship, approval, or formal affiliation unless expressly stated by APG.

Similarly, APG’s recognition, discussion, or artistic representation of a person or institution does not mean that such person or institution has endorsed APG.

11. Contact Information

For questions, requests, corrections, image concerns, rights-related concerns, or inquiries regarding this Disclaimer, please contact:

African Portrait Gallery (APG)
Email: info@africanportraitgallery.org

Final Note

The African Portrait Gallery operates with a commitment to cultural dignity, artistic responsibility, humanitarian purpose, public education, archival seriousness, and institutional integrity. This Disclaimer exists to clarify the scope, limitations, intentions, and responsibilities connected to APG’s website, content, images, submissions, and public engagement.