New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations

Kimi masquerade ensemble in honor of André Sanou’s Qui Dit Mieux?, 2022 (headpiece by David Sanou in the studio of André Sanou; the maker of the body requests anonymity). Collection of the Fitchburg Art Museum. Photo courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986), It Was Yellow and Pink II, 1959, Oil on canvas; unframed: 91.5 x 76.2 cm (36 x 30 in.), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe 1987.137 © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York  

Yoshioka Ichimonji Sukehide, Japanese, active ca. 1360, Wakizashi (Short Sword), Jūyo Token, Signed: Sukehide, 7th month, 18th year [of the Shōhei era], July 1363, Handmade and polished steel, 13 3/4 in. (35 cm), San Antonio Museum of Art, acquired in memory of Robert R. Clemons with funds realized from his estate, 2022.11.1

Virgin with Christ Child, Bolivia, 19th century, Polychromed maguey, glass, silk, and tin, h. 13 ½ in (34.4 cm); w. 8 in. (20.3 cm); d. 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm), San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Roberto Esparza Memorial Fund, 95.7.a-e 

Marisa Morán Jahn, digital rendering of design details for TIPSY, 2025. © Marisa Morán Jahn

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), Bust of a Woman, summer 1953, Oil on canvas, 39 1/2 × 32 1/2 in. (100.3 × 82.6 cm); framed: 51 1/4 × 43 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (130.2 × 111.1 × 5.7 cm), Lent by the Robertson Foundation, in honor of Julian and Josie Robertson © 2026 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Relief with the Head of a Winged Figure, Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, 883-859 BC, gypsum alabaster with traces of pigment, 26 ½ x 23 x 2 in., Lent by the Art Institute of Chicago, George F. Harding Collection