National Museum of African Art Home Become a Member
Art and Programs Research About the Museum Playtime! Collections Support Us Calendar Radio Africa

Tradition Gallery One / Gallery Two / Gallery Three
Contemporary Gallery One / Gallery Two
Combination Gallery One

Tradition / Gallery One

Central Nigeria Unmasked
September 14, 2011–February 12, 2012

Treasures 2008
April 17, 2008–August 24, 2008

Resonance from the Past: African Sculpture from the New Orleans Museum of Art October 5, 2006–January 28, 2007

First Look: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection May 17–December 3, 2006

African Gold: Selections from the Glassell Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston May 17–November 26, 2006

BIG|small January 17, 2004–July 23, 2006

Treasures November 17, 2004–August 15, 2005

Playful Performers, April 9–December 12, 2004

The Fabric of Moroccan Life, June 6–November 2, 2003

Ethiopian Icons: Faith and Science, January 3-–October 5, 2003

In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885–1960, December 6, 2002–March 16, 2003

A Personal Journey: Central African Art from the Lawrence Gussman Collection, June 9–August 14, 2002

The Art of the Personal Object Closed March 18, 2007

The long-term exhibition of Images of Power and Identity, The Ancient West African City of Benin, A.D. 1300–1897 and The Ancient Nubian City of Kerma, 2500–1500 B.C. closed in June 2004

Tradition / Gallery Two

Spectacular Display: The Art of Nkanu Initiation Rituals Making the Grade: African Arts of Initiation, December 16, 2001–March 3, 2002

In the Presence of Spirits: African Art from the National Museum of Ethnology, Lisbon, June 10–September 16, 2001

Beautiful Bodies: Form and Decoration of African Pottery, May 6, 2001–January, 2002

Identity of the Sacred: Two Nigerian Shrine Figures, September 24, 2000–April 2, 2001

Audible Artworks: Selected African Musical Instruments, June 25, 2000–April 8, 2001

The Artistry of African Currency, March 12–July 23, 2000

Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity, September 12, 1999–January 2, 2000

Tradition / Gallery Three

Hats Off! A Salute to African Headwear, July 18–December 26, 1999
Acquisitions: Gifts from the Lawrence Gussman Collection, mid December 1998–Spring 1999.

South Africa 1936–1949: Photographs by Constance Stuart Larrabee, September 20, 1998–February 28, 1999

Baule: African Art/Western Eyes, February 7–May 9,1999

African Forms in the Furniture of Pierre Legrain, August 16–November 29, 1998

Olowe of Ise: A Yoruba Sculptor to Kings, March 15–September 7, 1998

A Spiral of History, February 1–April 26, 1998

Contemporary / Gallery One

Lalla Essaydi: Revisions
May 9, 2012 - February 24, 2013

Brave New World
August 9 -- January 8, 2012

Artists in Dialogue 2
February 2, 2011--January 8, 2012

Paul Emmanuel Transitions
May 12, 2010—August 22, 2010

Yinka Shonibare MBE
November 10—March 7, 2010

Artists in Dialogue: António Ole and Aimé Mpane.
February 4, 2009—August 2, 2009

El Anatsui's Nukae-1

El Anatsui: Gawu
March 12, 2008–September 2, 2008

Body of Evidence (Selections from the Contemporary African Art Collection)
June 14, 2006–December 2, 2007

African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection
November 16, 2005–February 26, 2006

Textures: Word & Symbol in Contemporary African Art
February 11–September 4, 2005

Insights, February 27–November 28, 2004

Ethiopian Passages: Dialogues in the Diaspora, May 2–December 7, 2003

Journeys and Destinations: African Artists on the Move, January 31–November 30, 2003

The Last Supper Revisited, January 12–27, 2002

Encounters with the Contemporary, January 7, 2001–January 6, 2002

Contemporary / Gallery Two

Chant Avedissian: A Contemporary Artist of Egypt, November 19, 2000–February 19, 2001.

Transatlantic Dialogue: In and Out of Africa, May 21–September 3, 2000

A Concrete Vision: Oshogbo Art in the 1960s, January 23–October 22, 2000

Claiming Art/Reclaiming Space: Post-Apartheid Art from South Africa, June 20–September 26, 1999

Sokari Douglas Camp: Church Ede, A Tribute to Her Father, March 21–June 20, 1999

The Poetics of Line: Seven Artists of the Nsukka Group, Nigeria, October 22, 1997–April 26, 1998

Combination / Gallery One

African Cosmos: Stellar Arts
June 20, 2012—December 9, 2012

The Healing Power of Art: Works of Art by Haitian Children after the Earthquake.
June 17, 2010—February 27, 2011

Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art
June 23, 2010—November 28, 2010

Artful Animals
July 1, 2009—July 25, 2010

Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and its Diasporas
April 1, 2009—July 26, 2009

Desert Jewels: North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xavier Guerrand-Hermès Collection
October 8, 2008—January 11, 2009

TxtStyles/Fashioning Identity
June 11, 2008—December 28, 2008

The Art of Being Tuareg: Sahara Nomads in a Modern World
October 10, 2007–January 27, 2008

Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art
May 9, 2007–August 26, 2007

Urhobo: Where Gods and Mortals Meet
Continuity and Renewal in Urhobo Art
, June 23–September 25, 2005

Gifts and Blessings: Textile Arts of Madagascar, April 14–September 2, 2002

 

Back to top

Art and Programs / Radio Africa / Research / About the Museum / Support Us / Playtime! / Explore the Collections / Calendar / Home