That means the intangible, the sacred, the oral history, all the things that gave (masks) embodied, human meaning, it's all been tossed aside for the objectness of it, the nature of the object itself.” It then travels to the Frist Art Museum in Nashville from October 10, 2025, through January 4, 2026, the San Antonio Museum of Art from February 27 through July 5, 2026, the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg in September of 2026 through January of 2027, and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. February 19 through September 26, 2027. In addition to these North American venues, “New African Masquerades” is planned to travel to African museums beginning next year starting with Musée des Civilisations noires, Dakar, Senegal from February to January, the Sierra Leone National Museum in Freetown in the fall, and the National Museum in Calabar, Nigeria in 2027.
Author: Chadd Scott, Contributor, Chadd Scott, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/chaddscott/
Published at: 2025-05-18 22:38:00
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