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Sande Society Masks
Representing Africa in American Art Museums by Call Number: N7380.5.R47 2011Publication Date: 2010-11-10
Art and Artifact by Call Number: GN36.A35 A78 1988 QUARTOPublication Date: 1988-03-01
Ravenhill ARTICLE
African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art, 1923-2016: (courtesy of the BMA Archives)
exhibition titles in bold were accompanied by publications
- African Negro Art (February 10 – March 9, 1936)
- African Art (November 1 – 24, 1946)
- African Art (January 1947) | Branch Museum
- Wurtzburger Collection of African Negro Sculpture (January 12 – March 7, 1954)
- Senufo Sculpture from West Africa (September 17 – October 27, 1963)
- Spirit of African Art (November 22, 1966 – January 15, 1967)
- Art of the Congo (February 6 – March 31, 1968)
- Art of Liberia (November 5, 1968 – January 5, 1969)
- Contemporary African Art: A Revitalized Continuation of Tradition (March 18, 1973 - ?) | Sales & Rental Gallery
- Monumentality of Miniature African Sculpture (March 27 – May 13, 1973)
- Face for a Spirit: Ritual Masks of Black Africa (1974 – 1975) | Travelling exhibition
- Social Rite and Personal Delight: African Art from Baltimore Collections (June 17 – August 3, 1975)
- Traditions: African Carvings and Decorative Arts (February 6, 1977 - ?) | Sales and Rental Gallery
- Beyond Decoration: Signs and Symbols in African Art (February 1 – March 26, 1984)
- Expressions of Cameroon Art: The Franklin Collection (May 31 – August 23, 1987)
- Ndebele Beadwork (October 2, 1990 – January 13, 1991)
- Gold of Africa: Jewelry and Ornaments from Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal (September 24 – November 10, 1991)
- Benin: Royal Art of Africa from the Museum fur Volkerkunde, Vienna (September 7 – October 30, 1994)
- Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa (January 31 – April 14, 1996)
- Art of the Baga: A Drama of Cultural Reinvention (January 29 – April 13, 1997)
- Chowke!: Art and Initiation Among Chokwe and Related Peoples (June 13 – September 5, 1999)
- Meditations on African Art: Light (December 17, 2006 – April 1, 2007)
- Meditations on African Art: Color (April 18 – August 19, 2007)
- Meditations on African Art: Pattern (March 12 – August 17, 2008)
- Hand Held: Personal Arts from Africa (September 25, 2011- February 5, 2012)
- Front Room: Zwelethu Mthethwa (November 18, 2012 – February 10, 2013)
- Diverging Streams: Eastern Nigerian Art (April 26, 2015 – April 17, 2016)
- Design for Mobile Living: Art from Eastern Africa (June 1 – November 27, 2016)
- Shifting Views: People & Politics in Contemporary African Art (December 18, 2016 – June 18, 2017)
Select Catalogs in the JHU libraries:
See the Music, Hear the Dance by Call Number: N7391.65.S44 2004 QUARTOPublication Date: 2004-03-01
The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of African Sculpture by Call Number: NB1080 .B3 1954QPublication Date: 2013-04-01
An Exhibition of African Art by Call Number: N7380 .B2 1946Publication Date: 2013-04-01
- Finding Aid for BMA records: Arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific Islands DepartmentGives an overview of the history of the collection and is a guide to the BMA's archival holdings related to the Department of the Arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific Islands.