Exhibition Tour—Arts of the Ancient Americas
Celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of the Ancient Americas galleries in 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.
July 17
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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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See a virtual reconstruction of this remarkable Moche shield.
May 28
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The earliest evidence of metallurgy found in the Isthmus of Panama can be dated between the second and third centuries CE.
May 27
Ancient artists of Costa Rica demonstrated great skill in creating stone works such as metates, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic figures, and spheres.
May 21
Artistic representations of power emerged from multiple cultural traditions in coastal Ecuador during the period between 300 BCE and 600 CE.
May 7
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