The Divine Comedy

Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists

will be on view at National Museum of African Art from April 8 through Aug.
2 2015

Guest curated by internationally acclaimed critic and scholar Simon Njami, with assistance at the National Museum of African Art from curator Karen Milbourne, this monumental exhibition explores the themes of Dante’s epic poem with new commissions and cutting-edge artworks by more than 40 contemporary artists from 18 African countries as well as the African diaspora.

National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution
950 Independence Avenue, SW I Washington DC 20013