Metropolitan Museum of Art Introduces Two New Exhibitions, 3/8

The Andean Tunic, 400 EBC-1800 CE
Featuring some 30 tunics drawn from the Museum's collection with some loans, the exhibition focuses on Andean tunics, which occupied a meaningful cultural place for centuries as markers of prosperity, place, and status. It will include a large tunic with a width of more than five feet at the shoulder, a tiny tunic with a shoulder width of barely 10 inches, and an outstanding piece made with an abundance of camelid hair dyed with cochineal, an intense colorant extracted from insects.

Reconfiguring an African Icon: Odes to the Mask by Modern and Contemporary Artists from Three Continents
The 20 works featured in this installation are creative re-imaginings of the iconic form of the African mask. Among them are sculptures made of incongruous combinations of discarded materials by two contemporary artists from the Republic of Benin. The celebrated photograph Noire et Blanche by Man Ray, recent interpretations in glass by sculptor Lynda Benglis, and composite creations by Willie Cole are among the works featured in this installation.

For more information on these and other exhibitions, visit http://www.metmuseum.org/.