Free Gallery Tour: Disguise: Masks and Global African Art at the Brooklyn Museum. 8/27. 2pm

Enjoy a free gallery tour of Disguise: Masks and Global African Art and learn more about the significance of masks. This exhibition connects the work of twenty-five contemporary artists with historical African masquerade, using play and provocation to invite viewers to think critically about their world and their place within it.  By putting on a mask and becoming someone else, artists reveal hidden realities about society, including those of power, class, and gender, to suggest possibilities for the future.

Photo captions/credits: Walter Oltmann, Razor Brush Disguise, 2014. copyright Walter Oltmann. Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery; Zino Saro-Wiwa, The Invisible Man, 2015. Courtesy of the artist. copyright Zina Saro-Wiwa; Brendan Fernandes, From Hiz Hands, 1979. Copyright Brendan Fernandes. Courtesy of the artist.