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Baaba Maal

March 9, 2020

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.

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Mali Now: Exploring Music, Culture, and Politics

September 23, 2014

By Meryl Cates

Met Museum Presents Press Officer Meryl Cates highlights some of the upcoming talks and performances featured in their ongoing series Mali Now.

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Nan Madol

October 1, 2002

By Jennifer Wagelie

The highly stratified social system at Nan Madol is the earliest known example of such centralized political power in the western Pacific.

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Curator Conversation: Exploring Contemporary Aboriginal Art with Maia Nuku

October 25, 2017

By Michael Cirigliano II

Managing Editor Michael Cirigliano talks with Associate Curator Maia Nuku about the art-making traditions explored in the exhibition On Country: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Kaplan-Levi Gift.

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MetKids Mail: Hudson's Portrait of the Artist Paul Klee

April 26, 2017

By Emily Sutter

Emily Sutter, editor and producer for Digital Learning in the Digital Department, responds to Hudson's letter to The Met about Paul Klee.

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Connections: Maps

January 24, 2011

By Melanie Holcomb

Medieval art curator Melanie Holcomb talks about how maps help her make sense of the world.

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The Empires of the Western Sudan: Mali Empire

October 1, 2000

By Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

The Mali empire extended over an area larger than western Europe and consisted of numerous vassal kingdoms and provinces.

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Decoding a Maya Rain God Sculpture from Chichen Itza

March 31, 2016

By James Doyle

Assistant Curator James Doyle highlights a Maya limestone head in The Met collection excavated from Chichen Itza, and examines artistic attributes of the object that aid in identifying which deity it depicts.

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Set in Stone: Maya Rulers in the Great Hall

September 2, 2021

By James Doyle

Newly installed, these sculptures celebrate the role of Maya artists in the creation of iconographies of power.

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Ancient Ear Hair: How Do Crystals Form?

August 26, 2021

Art at The Met is made of many materials, including natural materials like minerals. Environmental conditions can affect these minerals, and even make an ancient statue grow ear hair! Learn about the science of crystals and salts, and how we use our knowledge to protect the art.