“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 ...
From initiation rites to harvest festivals, many traditional African rituals require participants to don masks and elaborate costumes that transform their wearers into spirits, beasts, or ancestral ...
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 ...