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Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection

Torrence, Gaylord, with contributions by Ned Blackhawk and Sylvia Yount (2018)

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Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection
October 4, 2018–October 6, 2019

This landmark exhibition in the Museum's American Wing will showcase 116 masterworks representing the achievements of artists from more than fifty cultures across North America. Ranging in date from the second to the early twentieth century, the diverse works are promised gifts, donations, and loans to The Met from the pioneering collectors Charles and Valerie Diker. Long considered to be the most significant holdings of historical Native American art in private hands, the Diker Collection has particular strengths in sculpture from British Columbia and Alaska, California baskets, pottery from southwestern pueblos, Plains drawings and regalia, and rare accessories from the eastern Woodlands.

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Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection is complemented by the exhibition Artistic Encounters with Indigenous America, on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from December 3, 2018, through May 13, 2019.

The exhibition is made possible by The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, the Diane W. and James E. Burke Fund, the Enterprise Holdings Endowment, and the Walton Family Foundation.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is situated in Lenapehoking, the homeland of Lenape peoples, and respectfully acknowledges their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to the area.