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New York's Met museum sheds new light on African art collection


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Published in Humor and Quirks on Thursday, May 29th 2025 at 21:51 GMT by AFP   Print publication without navigation

  • From a delicate 13th-century clay figure to self-portraits by photographer Samuel Fosso, New York's Metropolitan Museum reopens its African art collection on Saturday, exploring the "complexity" of the past and looking to the present. Next to it sits a clay sculpture of a curled body from the ancient city of Djenne-Djenno, in present-day Mali, which is believed to be one of the oldest pieces in the collection, dating back to the 13th century.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is showcasing an exhibition titled "Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color," which runs from July 10 to March 25, 2024, to explore the original vibrant colors of ancient sculptures that have faded over time. The exhibit features 19 sculptures and 40 smaller objects from the museum's collection, using modern technology like ultraviolet light to reveal traces of ancient pigments, and includes reconstructions to illustrate how these works might have originally appeared. This display challenges the common perception of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures as purely white, highlighting their colorful past and the cultural significance of color in antiquity.

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