Lecture
Design Without End
In conjunction with the exhibition The Poetics of Cloth: African Textiles / Recent Art
Design Without End
Sunday, February 1, 2:00–4:30 pm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd St.), Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
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.
Organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Free of charge with museum admission. Information: www.metmuseum.org, 212/570-3949.