PORTO NOVO, Benin (AP) — A traditional mask festival in Porto Novo, Benin, showcases the country’s unique face masks and full-body costumes, that are tied to ancient customs and traditions. The Oscars ...

Seth Doane is an award-winning CBS News correspondent based in Rome, Italy since 2016. Doane has covered terrorist attacks and breaking news across Europe, traveled with Pope Francis as part of his ...

“We placed more than 30 masks for this ASEAN summit exhibition, and there are 25 characters in the Lakhon Khol theater story and you can see them here. My intention for this exhibition is not to sell ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC) opened a new exhibit, "Dancing With Life: Mexican Masks," on Sept. 3, featuring the traditional masks worn by dancers in rollicking ...

Conjure an image of a piece of art in your head. What comes to mind? Is it two dimensional? Is it hanging on a wall? Behind a pane of glass in a strikingly silent room perhaps? The Northwest Museum of ...

RUMSISKES, Lithuania (AP) — People wearing traditional masks and folk costumes gathered in the Lithuanian village of Rumsiskes, north of Vilnius, for the Shrovetide celebrations to mark the annual pre ...

Frank Martinez uses humble raw materials — driftwood from the Santa Cruz River and "store-bought" acrylic paint — to create precious ceremonial masks for his Yaqui people. Some of his finest masks are ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, the traditional masks of sub-Saharan Africa motivated artists such as Picasso and Matisse to remake the human form. A century later, these masks have become a ...