Disney Gives Away Major Art

A major collection of African artwork, some dating to the 1400s, has just been donated to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art. The Walt Disney-Tishman Collection, 525 pieces in all, includes most major styles of African art and represents seventy-five peoples and twenty countries. "This is a collection that has been sought after by everyone in the museum world because it is so great," said Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence Small. "Finally, for reasons I wholeheartedly agree with, it came here." For the full story - click the title Irish Art