Lecture
African Textiles
In conjunction with the exhibition The Poetics of Cloth: African Textiles / Recent Art
African Textiles
Friday, October 24, 6:00 pm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd St.), Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University, discusses the vibrant textile traditions of Africa, focusing on the cross-cultural connections and diverse materials, modes of production, and motifs in Ghanaian kente cloth, Malian mud cloth, and northern Nigerian indigo-dyed fabrics.
Organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tickets: $23.00. Information: 212/570-3949, MMAtickets@metmuseum.org, www.metmuseum.org.