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ART NEWS AT A GLANCE
FROM 30 APRIL
2016
Creative africa
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, U.S.A.
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Look Again: Contemporary Perspectives on African Art
14 May - 4 December 2016
Statue, c. 1520–80, Edo culture, made in Benin Kingdom, Nigeria (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia: Purchased from W. O. Oldman). Image courtesy of the Penn Museum, Image #250922. Photograph by Gary Ombler for Dorling Kindersley.
Three Photographers/Six Cities
30 April - 25 September 2016
Alexandra Township, from the series Shebeen Blues, 2008 (negative); 2015 (print). Ananias Léki Dago, Ivorian, born 1970. Gelatin silver print, approximate: 24 × 20 inches (61 × 50.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist, © Ananias Léki Dago.
The Architecture of Francis Kéré: Building for Community
14 May - 25 September 2016
Surgical Clinic and Health Center, Léo, Burkina Faso, 2014, designed by Francis Kéré. Photograph courtesy of Kéré Architecture.
Vlisco: African Fashion on a Global Stage
30 April 2016 - 22 January 2017
Nouvelle Histoire collection, 2011, designed by Sasja Strengholt, Deux d’Amsterdam, for Vlisco. Photograph by Carmen Kemmink.
Threads of Tradition
30 April 2016 - January 2017
Woman’s Cloth (One of a Pair), c. 1930–80, Asante culture, Ghana (Philadelphia Museum of Art: Purchased with funds contributed by donors to the Costume and Textiles Revolving Fund, 2001‐170‐1a).