LAST CALL for “Africa Fashion” at the Brooklyn Museum!

In his review of Africa Fashion for the New Yorker, acclaimed writer and cultural critic Hilton Als said, “Africa is not one place, and the curators Ernestine White-Mifetu and Annissa Malvoisin provide the space to embrace its multiplicity.”

Featuring more than forty designers and artists from twenty African countries, this exhibition is a true celebration of ingenuity, liberation, and creative expression.

Come see Africa Fashion (deemed “a must-see” by The Cut) at the Brooklyn Museum before it closes on October 22.

(Pssst: we just added extended hours for Friday and Sunday during closing weekend!)

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“Proponents of the new vanguard frequently define themselves as designer-activists, with a generational refusal to do business as usual.”

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“All of those lessons in death and mourning, in women’s struggles for autonomy, were lessons in the ritual and esoteric life of indigo.”

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We’ve partnered with ALÁRA—a Lagos-based concept shop that blends fashion, design, cuisine, and culture—to bring museumgoers 100 brands from 15+ countries across Africa. Shop the in-exhibition pop-up, or check out the collaboration online for a limited time!

Shop ALÁRA at BkM

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The Brooklyn Museum presentation of Africa Fashion is organized by Ernestine White-Mifetu, Sills Foundation Curator of African Art, and Annissa Malvoisin, Bard Graduate Center / Brooklyn Museum Postdoctoral Fellow in the Arts of Africa, with Catherine Futter, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Senior Curator of Decorative Arts, Matthew Yokobosky, Senior Curator of Fashion and Material Culture, and Rhea Stark, Curatorial Assistant, Arts of Africa, Asia, and the Islamic World, Brooklyn Museum.

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Major support provided by ALÁRA.

Special thanks to OkayAfrica/Okayplayer and Nataal, media sponsors for this exhibition.

From top: Africa Fashion at the Brooklyn Museum (Photos: Lanna Apisukh); Illustration by Rendani Nemakhavhani aka PR$DNT HONEY; Detail of a vintage Yoruba indigo adire eleko cloth, circa 1950s, acquired by the author in Ibadun, Nigeria. (Photo: courtesy of the McKinley Collection)

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