Gallery Talk

Exhibition Tour—African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde

Friday, March 15, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Yaëlle Biro, Assistant Curator, Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, MMA

Gallery 359 (Special Exhibition Gallery, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas) Show location on map

Delve into the dynamic New York art scene of the 1910s and 1920s in this exhibition, which presents wood sculptures from West and Central Africa alongside works by avant-garde artists—including Alfred Stieglitz, Pablo Picasso, and Constantin Brancusi—and re-creates the context in which African artifacts were first appreciated in America as fine art.

Free with Museum admission

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