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Mosaic in the shape of a map with a title in yellow that reads "Africa & Byzantium"
Exhibition

Africa & Byzantium

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A figure shrouded in a royal blue, silky fabric with silver attachments in performance in the Petrie Sculpture Court
Video
Tsedaye Makonnen—Astral Sea: The Need for Collective Refuge | MetLiveArts
Tsedaye Makonnen and several collaborators activated textiles with "The Need for Collective Refuge," a new site-specific performance that journeyed through the history of the Byzantine Era's African diaspora.
November 18, 2024

Essays

A display case in a large gallery holds several gold cups, bowls, and plates
Reinstallation and Reimagination: The Byzantine Galleries at The Met Fifth Avenue
Curators, scholars, and communities work together to reimagine the Museum’s Byzantine galleries.
Andrea Myers Achi, Earnestine Qiu, Quinn R. Bolte, Mary Kupelian, and Suzana DeRosa-Farag
June 12

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Brown papyrus paper with black ink writing on it with an image of a figure on the left. The paper is old and very torn.
ARS Poetica
I was thinking of “voice” here not as the sound one makes, but as the feeling of a specific presence behind the words, animating them.
A byzantine painting of the virgin and child. On the left the virgin holds christ with her right hand outwards wearing a green-red rob that goes over her head. On the right is the child christ in a bright red robe.
Cross-Cultural Connections in the Icon of the Virgin and Child
Learn more about the connections between Eastern and Western Christianity in an Icon of the Virgin and Child featured in the exhibition.
Three artists and one moderator sitting in modern grey chairs on a stage each holdings microphones with a red carpet underneath them. There is a projection screen behind them.
Artists on Artworks—Africa & Byzantium
Join artists as they reflect on works in the exhibition Africa and Byzantium and make connections to their own artistic practices.
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