Explore the significance of the work of artist Iba Ndiaye (1928–2008) with an esteemed group of international scholars. Ndiaye has emerged as a foundational figure in international Modernism, yet his contributions remain largely unknown outside Africanist circles and his Senegalese birthplace. Gain a deeper understanding of what shaped his artistic practice, including sources of inspiration across The Met collection and his unique personal history, which was formed by political legacies and global exchange.
Welcome
11 am
Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and CEO, The Met
Introduction
11:15 am
Alisa LaGamma, Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer Curator in Charge, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Met
David Pullins, Jayne Wrightsman Curator, Department of European Paintings, The Met
Session I: From Saint-Louis to Paris and Beyond: The Life and Work of Iba Ndiaye
11:45 am
El Hadji Malick Ndiaye, Director, Théodore Monod Museum of African Art, Dakar
Susan Vogel, Art Historian
Maureen Murphy, Professor, Art History, Paris Nanterre University
Session II: The Artist and His Times: Ecole de Dakar and Beyond
2 pm
Elizabeth Harney, Associate Professor, Art History, University of Toronto
Joshua Cohen, Associate Professor, Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University
Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi, Artist, Art Historian, and the Steven and Lisa Tananbaum Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Ken Aicha Sy, Artivist, Curator, and Researcher
Keynote
4 pm
Mamadou Diouf, Leitner Professor of African Studies, Columbia University
Closing Remarks
4:30 pm
Alisa LaGamma, Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer Curator in Charge, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Met
David Pullins, Jayne Wrightsman Curator, Department of European Paintings, The Met
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Iba Ndiaye: Between Latitude and Longitude and in celebration of the reopening of The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, featuring the Museum’s collections of the arts of Africa, the ancient Americas, and Oceania.
Events and programming related to the reopening of The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing are made possible by the Breyer Family Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Thompson Family Foundation. Additional support is provided by Stephen M. Cutler and Wendy N. Zimmermann, Kyveli and George Economou, Ed and Dale Mathias, the Mex-Am Cultural Foundation Inc., and two anonymous donors.
Additional program support is made possible by the Lee + Dollard Families Endowment Fund
