Wole Soyinka: Antiquities Across Times and Place

Nigerian playwright and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka’s collection of African traditional art includes bold, expressive masks, vessels, and figures — carved in wood, cast in bronze, sometimes adorned with beads or feathers. We don’t know who made them. We...

Like visiting a new land, viewers of Wole Soyinka’s collection of African sculpture and art in Cambridge will likely encounter works of stunning craft and power that make them want to know more about the artisans who made them and the Nobel laureate who...

Bathed in warm light, the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery’s newest exhibition, “Wole Soyinka: Antiquities Across Times and Place,” provides a critical take on a collector’s purpose. Slated to run through December 21, the show provides the setting for a series of...