Treasures - Exhibition of National Museum of African Art

Author:  National Museum of African Art

Date of publication: / 

Title : Treasures

Abstract: "Treasures marks the National Museum of African Art's 25th anniversary as a Smithsonian museum. The first in a new exhibition series, Treasures is an old-fashioned show about African art, reminiscent of the exhibitions that represented avant-garde opinions of the early 20th century. In 1926, Paul Guillaume, Parisian connoisseur and collector, cautioned readers to defer learning about the history and meaning of African art until they had studied African art purely as an art form, because to do otherwise "tends to obscure one's vision of the objects as sculpture." "

Index Terms :  Gallery ; African Art ; Exhibitions ; Treasures ; National Museum of African Art

Found with: Google Actualités

Web site: Africa.si.edu

URL: http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/treasures/text.html

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