Fabiola Méndez on the Cuatro

Multimedia visual artist Miguel Luciano, in collaboration with The Met’s Department of Musical Instruments, invites cuatrista Fabiola Méndez to activate Efrain Vega’s cuatro (1995) and other Puerto Rican instruments in the collection.


Artist Miguel Luciano and a woman wearing red pants carrying the Zemí Cohoba stand through the streets of El Barrio
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Celebrate Taíno culture, the legacy of the Young Lords, and the El Barrio community with Miguel Luciano
June 28, 2022
Joanne Pillsbury and Laura Filloy Nadal standing in front of a female sculpture in the Ancient Americas galleries of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
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Join Joanne Pillsbury, Andrall E. Pearson Curator of Ancient American Art, and curator Laura Filloy Nadal, along with Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and CEO, and special guest Alejandro de Avila to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of the Ancient Americas galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
Joanne Pillsbury and Laura Filloy Nadal
July 17
Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez looks at a weaving in the Arts of the Ancient Americas textile gallery
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“For me, living and producing textiles goes along with your life, along with your age, along with your everyday activity, that's why it is a living art, it’s not a piece that's from the past.”
July 14
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Cuatro, Efrain Vega  Puerto Rican, Maplewood, plexiglas, steel, Puerto Rico
Efrain Vega
1995