
Exhibition Tour—Arts of Oceania
Celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of Oceania galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
Articles, Audio, and Video

Sean Connelly's Spheric Oceania offers an alternative cartography, mapping Oceania as a cosmic container of ancestral connection.
August 20

Video
Join curator Maia Nuku to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of Oceania galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
July 24

Video
Join artist Angelina Pwerle as she describes the significance of the bush plum, the subject of her painting, Bush Plum Dreaming.
May 28
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Essays

Mutuaga’s spatula at The Met is a product of innovation and adaptation in the face of sweeping colonial and missionary incursions into the Territory of Papua.
January 28

The rich sculptural, architectural, and textile traditions of the Toba Batak in northern Sumatra have served, for generations, as potent tools for harnessing spiritual power.
July 1, 2023