Dana Gallery Straus, of Chappaqua, N.Y., and his wife, Livia, have been building a contemporary art collection for more than 20 years. An oncologist, poet and art critic, Straus became interested in avant-garde art as a medical resident. Years later, the Guggenheim Museum borrowed that painting for exhibition. The exhibit, curated by Misty Bastian, assistant professor of anthropology, and senior Cynthia E. Garner, includes masks, shrine figures representing ancestors and deities, other ritual materials for communicating with the world of spirits, and cloths used on ceremonial as well as more ordinary occasions. The museum is closed summers, Mondays, legal holidays, and spring and autumn breaks.
Admission is free.