Lalla Essaydi's elegant, creative work belies it subversive, challenging nature. Approximately 30 works of diverse media are drawn from each of her photographic series, including the richly hued Silence of Thought and the more widely known Converging Territories and Les Femmes de Maroc. The exhibition also includes a selection of new works, as well as rarely exhibited paintings and installations.
A towering and visually striking sculpture of Haitian leader Toussaint Louverture by contemporary Senegalese artist Ousmane Sow is the centerpiece of a new exhibition of important acquisitions of the past decade at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. "
African Mosaic: Celebrating a Decade of Collecting" showcases museum purchases and gifts and provides a glimpse into the collecting opportunities and decisions that exist for art museums.
Donated to the museum in 2005, the Walt Disney-Tishman collection is known for its unique and rare works of traditional African art from throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The collection has been instrumental in defining the field of African art history in the United States and abroad.
The beauty and richness of Africa's pottery resonates through the traditional and modern ceramic works of art
collected by the National Museum of African Art. Examples of the museum´s contemporary and tradional ceramic
works from different regions of the continent are on view throughout the museum.
