Evan Levy, Manager for Children's Educational Materials, Education
Posted: Monday, September 24, 2012
Storytime in the Arms and Armor galleries? Salsa dancing in the Vélez Blanco Patio? Mariachi music in The Charles Engelhard Court? It's ¡Fiesta!, a Museum-wide festival taking place next Saturday, September 29, in celebration of Hispanic and Latin American art and cultures.
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Nadja Hansen, Editorial Assistant, Editorial Department
Posted: Friday, January 20, 2012
Left: Heroic Africans exhibition catalogue; Right: Commemorative figure of a priestess, 19th century. Cameroon, Grassfields region, Bangwa chiefdom. Bamileke peoples. Wood, pigments. Musée Dapper, Paris (3343)
Alisa LaGamma, curator of Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures and author of the accompanying catalogue, recently discussed the Commemorative figure of a priestess, one of the masterpieces from the exhibition, for the Yale University Press blog. Don't miss the rare opportunity to see the powerful figure, on loan from the Musée Dapper, Paris (3343). The exhibition at the Met closes on January 29 before traveling to the Museum Rietberg in Zurich.
Yaëlle Biro, Assistant Curator, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Posted: Thursday, July 7, 2011
Felicity Tsikiwa, College Group at the Met Committee Member; and Will Carington, College Group at the Met Committee Member
Posted: Friday, September 10, 2010
The Met's permanent collection includes works of art that represent a wide variety of art styles, time periods, and geographic regions in Hispanic and Latin American countries, which makes celebrating these works no small task. But on Saturday, September 25, ¡Fiesta! will do just that.
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Eric Kjellgren, Evelyn A. J. Hall and John A. Friede Associate Curator for Oceanic Art, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Ever since its inception in the early 1970s, the contemporary Aboriginal art movement in Australia has been continually developing and expanding to embrace an ever widening group of artists, communities, and artistic styles.
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