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Object for object, there isn\u2019t an exhibition in town more beautiful than \u201cThe African Origin of Civilization<\/a>\u201d at the Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>. Nor is there one more shot through with ethical and political tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gathering of 42 sculptures in one of the Met\u2019s Egyptian galleries unites, for the first time here, pieces from its Ancient Egyptian and sub-Saharan African holdings, centuries apart (the earliest sub-Saharan work on view is from the 13th century). The pretext for the display is a practical one. It immediately follows the recent closure for renovation of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing and its Arts of Africa galleries (the wing is scheduled to reopen in 2024). This is a way to keep some of its treasures on view and to forthrightly acknowledge Africa itself as the wellspring of human culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Object for object, there isn\u2019t an exhibition in town more beautiful than \u201cThe African Origin of Civilization\u201d at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Nor is there one more shot through with ethical and political tensions. 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