A Weekend with Bruce Onobrakpeya: Father of Nigerian Modernism

Celebrate renowned Nigerian sculptor and printmaker Bruce Onobrakpeya and his exhibition Bruce Onobrakpeya: The Mask and the Cross before it leaves the National Museum of African Art on January 21, 2025!

Enjoy a panel discussion moderated by curator Janine Gaëlle Dieudji with High Museum of Art curator Lauren Tate Baeza and Bruce Onobrakpeya as they discuss concepts, aesthetic approaches, and post-independence printmaking techniques in The Mask and the Cross. A reception will follow the panel discussion.

6PM Doors Open

6PM—7PM Drinks Available

7PM—8PM Panel Discussion , Research Gallery (Sublevel 1)

8PM—9PM Reception, Mezzanine (Sublevel 1)

By attending this event, you grant the Smithsonian Institution permission to photograph, film, videotape you and/or record your voice and likeness in connection with or the promotion of the project.

Host or Publisher National Museum of African Art