On Friday, November 4, Mali-based ngoni virtuouso Bassekou Kouyate will take the Gartner Auditorium stage as part of the museum’s VIVA! & Gala Performing Arts series.

Three of the museum’s affiliate groups -- The Contemporary Art Society, Friends of Photography, and Friends of African and African-American Art -- have joined forces with our Education Department to host renowned artist Lyle Ashton Harris in a free museum