Art Meet the Artist: Yinka Shonibare
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Art Meet the Artist: Yinka Shonibare
If you've been to the Hirshhorn's "Strange Bodies" exhibition, then you've probably seen the work of Nigerian-born artist Yinka Shonibare, whose mind-bending piece "The Age of Enlightenment -- Antoine Lavoisier" features a headless man in 18th-century garb made from African textiles. The artist has many more such curious works in his arsenal, and the National Museum of African Art is hosting a mid-career survey of his work. In conjunction with that show, Shonibare will be paying a visit to the Hirshhorn to discuss his series of headless works, the large-scale splatterlike installation "Black Gold I" and more from his career so far.
7 p.m. Thursday. Hirshhorn Museum, Independence Avenue at Seventh Street SW. 202-633-1000 or http:/
-- Stephanie Merry
With Kids Sesame Street 40th anniversary exhibit
Elmo, Big Bird and Grover may be familiar to those who've grown up watching "Sesame Street" in the United States, but what characters are favorites of the kids in Egypt? Find out at this just-opened exhibition of 30 photographs of Muppets and children from international versions of the beloved PBS program. You may not connect with the Muppet Zikwe the way South African youngsters do, but Telly Monster looks amazingly the same, even in Indonesia.
Through Nov. 30. Union Station, Main Hall, 50 Massachusetts Ave. NE. http:/
-- Anne Kenderdine
