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The celebrated Cree artist arrives at The Met—along with his gender-bending, time-travelling, shape-shifting alter ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle.
Randall Griffey
December 17, 2019
Contemporary Native artists and historians respond to 18th- and 19th-century Euro-American representations of Indigenous subjects in the American Wing’s collection.
September 11, 2019
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Join Francesca and Cyrus as artist Ty Defoe connects art in the Museum with stories and dance from his home.
Ty Defoe
April 5, 2019
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Conservator Caitlin Mahony consults with Chuna McIntyre, a Yup'ik dancer, on her approach to conserving a Yup'ik mask.
Caitlin Mahony and Chuna McIntyre
February 4, 2019
Introducing Art of Native America, a landmark exhibition at The Met’s American Wing,
Gaylord Torrence and Marjorie Alexander
October 3, 2018
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“If we reorient our view of history, can we expand the view ahead?”
Ned Blackhawk
October 3, 2018
Curator Joanne Pillsbury looks back at the recently closed Golden Kingdoms exhibition and meditates on the power of art to frame, and reframe, our knowledge of past cultures.
Joanne Pillsbury
June 7, 2018
Assistant Curator James Doyle highlights luxury goods featured in Golden Kingdoms that were used in ritual offerings made to the Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá.
James Doyle
May 21, 2018
Conservator Christine Giuntini discusses objects from Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas that reveal the intrinsic beauty of featherwork and the significant ritual role of feathered textiles in Precolumbian culture.
Christine Giuntini
May 3, 2018
Assistant Curator James Doyle traces the saga of two warring Maya city-states using luxury objects featured in the exhibition Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas.
James Doyle
April 6, 2018