He was “A king, healer, and carver,” says James Green, one of this exhibition’s organizers, of the Nigerian artist Moshood Olúṣọmọ Bámigbóyè (1885–1975). Considered one of the greatest carvers of his generation, Bámigbóyè “sought, through his art, to create an idealized portrait of the world around him and to thereby promote the health and peace of society.” The artist’s first solo museum exhibition features over 30 masterworks that represent different points in his career; the pieces come from collections in the U.S., Europe, and Nigeria. Bámigbóyè’s exquisitely detailed Epa masks, made in the 1920s and 1930s for local religious ceremonies, are the cynosure. Featured alongside works by Bámigbóyè are a selection of textiles, metalwork, beadwork, and pieces from other Nigerian woodcarvers, which provide context for this critical period in Yorùbá art history. —Nyla Gilstrap