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Visualization of Oceania from a top down hemispheric perspective
Mapping Oceania with Hawai‘i Artist Sean Connelly
Sean Connelly's Spheric Oceania offers an alternative cartography, mapping Oceania as a cosmic container of ancestral connection.
Maggie Wander and Sean Connelly
August 20
Two men stand together in a black-and-white photo. The man in front wears sunglasses, a patterned coat, and a beret. The man behind wears glasses and a jacket, exuding a serious, contemplative mood. Dark buildings silhouette the background.
Everything’s for Real: Recollections of Black Style
My search for meaning in Black style began as a search through ancestry to reveal beauty and complexity over time and across traditions of expression.
Grace Wales Bonner
August 15
Mamadou Diouf standing by Alisa LaGamma and gesturing to the photo wall in the Arts of Africa galleries
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Exhibition Tour—Arts of Africa | Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Join curator Alisa LaGamma to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of Africa galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
Alisa LaGamma and Jenny Peruski
August 14
Young Black man standing in a body of water, upright looking up at the sky. He wears a traditional African attire, while one hand extends above him.
Sartorial Groundings: African Design at the Heart of Black Elegance
How does contemporary fashion engage with African dress traditions to explore Black identity?
Idelle Taye
August 8
Ancient mosaic featuring a central Medusa head, radiating petal-like patterns, geometric borders, and four corner masks on a stone background.
A Tale of Two Mosaics
Michelangelo Iossa and Sarah Lepinski
August 1
A woman in simple dress looks upward, her left arm reaching out as she leans against a tree trunk.
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Emblazoned
The poet Billy Collins reflects on Joan of Arc’s absorbing expression in this original work.
Billy Collins
July 30
Covers of Fashioning the Self volumes one and two
Amplifying Underrepresented Voices
Recent acquisitions and highlights in The Costume Institute Library.
Julie Lê
July 30
The backs of Maia Nuku and Max Hollein as they look up at Bisj poles in the Arts of Oceania galleries
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Exhibition Tour—Arts of Oceania | Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Join curator Maia Nuku to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of Oceania galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
Maia Nuku
July 24
A green, yellow, and pink parrot's head, with a hinge at the base of its neck.
Little Luxuries
A closer look at the British enamels industry surfaces complex questions around consumerism, exploitation, and nationalism that continue to reverberate today.
Ella Mints
July 18
Cover of "Dan Burley's Original Handbook of Harlem Jive" shows a stylized person in a plaid suit and hat, set against bold, vintage typography.
Jive: Vocabulary as Style
Discover the foundational history of jive culture in the United States as a form of expression.
Brent Hayes Edwards
July 18