Brind Center for African and African Diasporic Art
Coronet (Oríkògbófo) with Chameleons, Yoruba artist, Nigeria, cotton, glass bead, c. 1920, 2025-38-22
About The Collection
The Brind Center is dedicated to advancing scholarship and awareness of the global, historical, and contemporary contributions of African and African Diasporic art across time.
In late 2027, the Center will open its permanent gallery with more than 150 objects. The inaugural installation will offer a survey of twentieth-century African art, highlighting the centrality of the body in artistic traditions and situating the so-called “traditional” works in their proper historical context. It will also bring African art into dialogue with the museum’s holdings of Euro-American modernism, while extending the narrative to include artists of African descent in the diaspora who engage material legacies of the continent.
Support
The Brind Center for African and African Diasporic Art was established by a founding gift from Ira Brind and Stacey Spector. Additional support for the Center is provided by the Connelly Foundation, David Haas, Gay and Donald B. Kimelman, Lisa S. Roberts and David W. Seltzer, and other generous donors.
Collection Highlights
Headdress, Early 20th century, 2025-38-49
Beaded Apron, 19th century, Ndebele, 2025-38-1
Pair of Fibulas, 19th-20th century, 2025-38-28a,b
Coronet (Oríkògbófo) with Birds, Early 1900's, Artist/maker unknown, Yoruba, cotton, glass beads, 2025-38-21