"Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley" will be on view at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art from Sept. 14, 2011 through February 12, 2012. This international exhibition presents a comprehensive view of the arts produced in the region and includes some of the most abstract, dramatic and inventive sculpture from sub-Saharan Africa.

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. The exhibition opens Nov. 19 and continues through 2011.

In Brave New World II Theo Eshetu explores such universal tensions as the relationship between nature and technology and the idea of life as a spectacle. He does so with images that map his personal geography: scenes from a dance performance he filmed at a restaurant in Bali, footage from visits to New York City and Ethiopia, and even a cameo appearance by a box of Kellogg's corn flakes. He collaborated with musician and sound designer Keir Fraser to produce the video's seductive and meditative soundtrack

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.

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