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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.

Join artists as they reflect on works in the exhibition Africa & Byzantiumand make connections to their own artistic practices. Listen as curator Andrea Myers Achi introduces the exhibition, which explores the profound artistic contributions of North Africa, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, and other powerful African kingdoms whose pivotal interactions with Byzantium had a lasting impact on the Mediterranean world. Then, experience a dialogue between artists on resonant topics raised in the exhibition, including collective memory, identity, and loss in northern and eastern Africa.

Featuring:

Andrea Myers Achi, Mary and Michael Jaharis Associate Curator of Byzantine Art, Department of Medieval Art, The Met
Azza El Siddique, artist
Theo Eshetu, artist
Tsedaye Makonnen, artist
Moderated by Hannah Giorgis, staff writer, The Atlantic

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Africa & Byzantium.

Education programs are made possible by Colleen Ritzau Leth.

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