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ARTBOOK BLOGEventsStore NewsMuseum Stores of the MonthNew Title ReleasesStaff PicksImage GalleryBooks in the MediaExcerpts & EssaysArtbook InterviewsEx LibrisAt First SightThe Artbook 2024 Gift GuidesArtbook Featured Image ArchiveArtbook D.A.P. Events ArchiveDATE 7/15/2025 Join us at the Atlanta Gift & Home Summer Market 2025DATE 7/11/2025 Join us at the San Francisco Art Book Fair, 2025!DATE 7/6/2025 'Jeffrey Gibson: the space in which to place me' is a book for lifeDATE 7/3/2025 This holiday weekend, consider the Lobster!DATE 7/1/2025 Hot Child in the City: Summertime Staff Picks, 2025DATE 6/30/2025 Head Hi New York Book Club presents 'Jasper Morrison: A Book of Things'DATE 6/30/2025 Raise your spades for Ron Finley, Gangsta GardenerDATE 6/27/2025 In Kent Monkman, a little mischief may lead to monumental changeDATE 6/26/2025 1920s Japanese graphic design in a playful boxed postcard setDATE 6/25/2025 Rizzoli presents Anderson Zaca with Thom (Panzi) Hansen for the NYC launch of 'Fire Island Invasion: A Day of Independence'DATE 6/22/2025 Artbook at MoMA PS1 Bookstore presents Dawoud Bey, Michelle Kuo and Joseph Logan on 'Jack Whitten: The Messenger'DATE 6/22/2025 Enlightening 'Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal' is Back in Stock!DATE 6/21/2025 ICP Photobook Club presents Anderson Zaca on 'Fire Island Invasion' | AT FIRST SIGHTKARA SAULSBERRY | DATE 10/28/2010Phyllis Galembo: MaskePhyllis Galembo is a Professor of Art at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Galembo’s work has been exhibited and collected by museums and institutions all over the world, including the American Museum of Natural History, the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Smithsonian, MFA Houston, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.For over two decades Galembo has been documenting cultural and religious traditions in Africa and the African Diaspora. Galembo began photographing in Nigeria in 1985; today she finds her subjects throughout western and central Africa that participate in traditional African ceremonies, masquerade events, contemporary dress, and carnivals. These participants use their costumes to create mythic characters; some are humorous and critical, others are bold and frightening. No matter what the mood, Galembo’s photographs always describe the transformative power of the mask. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |