Honored Yorùbá ancestors visit Ruth Davis Design Gallery

The art exhibition “Whirling Return of the Ancestors: Egúngún Arts of the Yorùbá in Africa and Beyond” explores the sights and sounds of ancestral Yorùbá practices meant to honor the dead. Sixteen doctoral students in University of Wisconsin professor Henry Drewal’s art history curatorial exhibition practice fall course put together the collection. The exhibit features … Continue reading Honored Yorùbá ancestors visit Ruth Davis Design Gallery