Exhibition Tour—Arts of Africa
Celebrate the renovation and reopening of the Arts of Africa galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
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Explore the significance of the work of artist Iba Ndiaye (1928–2008) with an esteemed group of international scholars.
February 28
Cécile Fromont reflects on the history of Christianity in the Kingdom of Kongo and how it is expressed in Kongolese culture through the lens of a crucifix at The Met.
Cécile Fromont
November 19, 2025
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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, 2025
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Essays
For centuries, the cross was the foundational emblem of Kongo’s Christian encounter.
Carlos Almeida
June 30
The Èṣìẹ sculptures offer a window into a sophisticated precolonial West African society and maintain an enduring spiritual and historical significance today.
Adekunle Temilade Adeniji
October 24, 2025
The stone figures of the Upper Guinea coast speak to the complexity, technical skill, hierarchical societies, and spiritual beliefs of the Sapi world.
Adekunle Temilade Adeniji
October 2, 2025
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