Sunday, February 1
Design Without End
This afternoon program focuses on Africa’s rich textile tradition in a contemporary context.
Speakers include Alisa LaGamma, curator, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Christine Giuntini, textile conservator, Department
of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Metropolitan
Museum of Art; and John Mack, Professor of World Studies, Sainsbury
Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas,
University of East Anglia.
2:00–4:30 p.m.
Free with Museum Admission
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at left:
Interior Hanging
Mali or Ghana; Fulani (?), 19th century
Cotton, wool; 51 x 120 in. (129.5 x 304.8 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1971 (1971.30)