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WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place

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Fall 2017 WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place Internationally acclaimed dramatist, social critic, and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka is an avid collector of African artworks including those from his home country, Nigeria. We placed the...

Big Red & Shiny: Feeling Continuity’s Embrace In: Wole Soyinka, Antiquities Across Times and Place

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Curated by Awam Amkpa, Professor, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place is the first exhibition composed of African art since the Cooper Gallery first opened its doors in 2014. What started as an idea generated...

WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place

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Internationally acclaimed dramatist, social critic, and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka is an avid collector of African artworks including those from his home country, Nigeria. His writings help to inform his collection and works by contemporary artists. Book...

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Created on : March 04, 2019

Boston Globe: 'At Harvard, Wole Soyinka’s collection of African traditional art'

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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...

Bay State Banner: 'An archive of their own: Wole Soyinka collection takes back African representation'

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“WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place,” on view at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art in Harvard Square, features nearly three dozen objects from the famous African playwright’s personal collection. Contemporary...

Harvard Crimson: 'Cooper Gallery Imbues Collecting with Storytelling'

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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...

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Introducing Cooper Gallery LIT, our exhibition-based book salon - offering literary suggestions to enhance your experience of our exhibitions. The salon will include online discussions and in-gallery meetups. Join the conversation here. Free as they want...

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WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place

Big Red & Shiny: Feeling Continuity’s Embrace In: Wole Soyinka, Antiquities Across Times and Place

WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place

Exhibition: WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place

Boston Globe: 'At Harvard, Wole Soyinka’s collection of African traditional art'

Bay State Banner: 'An archive of their own: Wole Soyinka collection takes back African representation'

Harvard Crimson: 'Cooper Gallery Imbues Collecting with Storytelling'

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