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Filmmakers Rahmatou Keïta and Fanta Nacro speak about their work’s relationship to narrative traditions of the Sahel.
Yaëlle Biro, Rahmatou Keïta, and Fanta Régina Nacro
April 22, 2020
In the western Sahel, legendary tales are shared and passed down through different forms of expression, but especially spoken word.
Hakimah Abdul-Fattah
April 20, 2020
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Senegalese icon Baaba Maal highlights traditional instruments and musical storytelling of the Sahel in this rare acoustic performance in The Met's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.
March 9, 2020
Keïta, an archaeologist and museum director, speaks on historic West African empires.
Will Fenstermaker and Isabella Garces
February 26, 2020
“I’ve chosen to stick with the subject of the female body as a platform for what we feel about ourselves as humans.”
Wangechi Mutu
November 11, 2019
Mutu muses on her sculptures’ relationship to migrancy and science fiction.
Wangechi Mutu
October 30, 2019
Director Max Hollein introduces the inaugural Fifth Avenue facade commission by artist Wangechi Mutu.
Max Hollein
September 9, 2019
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Three lectures on the topic of ancient gardens hosted by the Departments of Ancient Near Eastern Art, Egyptian Art, and Islamic Art.
Dr. José Galán, Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, and Dr. D. Fairchild Ruggles
March 19, 2018
Senior Research Assistant Courtney Stewart has been deep in The Met's storage vaults studying the Berber jewelry from Morocco and Algeria.
Courtney A. Stewart
December 4, 2017
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Artist Wangechi Mutu reflects on Egon Schiele in this episode of The Artist Project.
February 29, 2016