Innovation Meets Heritage in West African Contemporary Artists' Masquerade Ensembles
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The exhibition *New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations* opens August 15, 2026, at the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, featuring four West African artists—Chief Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa (Nigeria), David Sanou (Burkina Faso), Sheku "Goldenfinger" Fofanah (Sierra Leone), and Hervé Youmbi (Cameroon)—blending millennia-old masked-ceremony traditions with contemporary materials and pop-culture references.
This exhibition opens August 15, 2026.
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