“Africa Fashion” Exhibit at Portland Art Museum

After completing runs at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, “Africa Fashion” opens at the Portland Art Museum Nov. 18. Spanning iconic mid-twentieth century to contemporary creatives through photographs, textiles, music and the visual arts, “Africa Fashion” tells the story of the vitality and global impact of a fashion scene as dynamic and varied as the continent itself. The public is invited to the opening weekend event at 2 p.m. Nov. 19, “Making Africa Fashion,” featuring the exhibition’s lead curator, Christine Checinska, the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Senior Curator of African and African Diaspora Fashion. The event is included with museum admission, $25 for adults, $22 for seniors and college students and free for children 17 and younger. The exhibit is on display until Feb. 18. For more details, visit portlandartmuseum.org.