IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This mask represents a beautiful ...
Baule mask Ivory Coast wood height: 43 in. (109 cm.) base by wood artist Kichizô Inagaki (1876–1951) (image courtesy Christie’s) Popularly known as the “Krugier-Picasso mask,” a 19th century West ...
As a young girl growing up in southeastern San Diego’s Shelltown neighborhood, Denise Rogers spent time flipping through the pages of Time and Life magazines her mother kept on their coffee table. At ...
African Mosaic, the newest exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art, includes modern and contemporary, popular and traditional works. Host Michel Martin speaks with ...
Millimeters-thick sheets of delicately etched bronze. Pleated, laser-cut coral collars. This isn’t haute couture, though it could be. These are face masks. Nigeria-based architectural designer Tosin ...
One of the most intriguing patients at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is a fearsome-looking helmet mask from the Dallas Museum of Art’s collection. The museum’s Conservation and Arts ...
The University of the Virgin Islands’ Reichhold Center for the Arts has installed an exhibit of African masks from the university’s African Art Collection at the Fort Christian Museum on St. Thomas as ...
Story by Anya Martin. Photos by Jenni Girtman. In 1985, while visiting an art school in Dakar, Senegal, Jean-Patrick Guichard was captivated by the work of young artist Cheikh Tidiane Kéïta. As a ...