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Wood sculpture of a male figure or tiki

Tiki Manifesto

Pacific poet Dan Taulapapa McMullin addresses the violent erasure and commodification of Oceania and its people under colonial rule.
Dan Taulapapa McMullin May 22
Cover of Starving Artists’ Restaurant Guide

Chinatown(s) and the City

Documenting Iconic American Neighborhoods
Ella Hook May 17
Two construction workers onsite installing the Ming Garden in Astor Court.

Ming Garden, 1983 | From the Vaults

This short film from 1983 documents the installation of a Ming-style garden courtyard at The Met, the first permanent cultural exchange between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.

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A wide shot of a paintings conservator working on three panels from an Italian altarpiece depicting three religious figures on a gold background.
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an somewhat abstract print of the inside of a large auditorium with many rows of audience members on the orchestra level and several balconies above, with the words "Modern Times: British Prints, 1919–1939" in white across the top
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