The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will present “Torkwase Dyson: Bird and Lava” March 22 to July 10. Anchored by a new acquisition, the exhibition presents an expansive view of the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based artist’s “Bird and Lava” series and coincides with Dyson’s installation “Bird and Lava (Scott Joplin)” as part of St. Louis’ Counterpublic triennial.
The 17th annual African Film Festival at Washington University in St. Louis invites St. Louisans to see Africa’s most acclaimed films on the big screen. This year’s showcase, to be held March 24-26, includes six films and a youth matinee.
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In the years after World War II, a series of global shifts, including African decolonization and the U.S. civil rights movement, led artists to explore a new politics of form, synthesizing and integrating different visual and cultural traditions. This spring, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will present “African Modernism in America,” the first traveling survey to examine the diverse aesthetic strategies, and complex relationships, between African artists and American artists, scholars, patrons and cultural organizations.