“New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations” offers a close look at contemporary West African masquerade focusing on artists from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Sierra ...

The Frist Art Museum will present New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations, an exhibition that offers a rare and close look at contemporary West African masquerade. Organized ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The breathtaking new exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art showcases masquerading cultures of West Africa. New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations ...

“New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations,” New Orleans Museum of Art and Yale University Press, 264 pages. The New Orleans Museum of Art’s New African Masquerades exhibition, ...

A pair of Kimi masks (headpiece carved by David Sanou in the studio of André Sanou) performing greetings with the lead griot Tchiedo playing his drum behind them, Bindougosso district, Bobo-Dioulasso, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --The Frist Art Museum presents New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations, an exhibition that offers a rare and close look at ...

Egúngún Àgbà (elder) masquerade performer from West Africa with horns that hint at a familial lineage of hunters or warriors. (photo by and courtesy Margaret Drewal) This article is part of a series ...

afamain copy Purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment. What is the meaning of masks and masquerades in African traditions and how can we understand their role in rituals and performances ...