Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt 1876-Now
Full write-up to come. In the meantime, here are my five favorite works from Flight Into Egypt at the Met (in no particular order and subject to change.)
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- Alpha’s Bet Is Not Over Yet, 2025 by Stefan Jemison and Jamal Cyrus
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- Sharifa, 2022 by Simone Yvette Leigh
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- Nu Nile, 1973 by William T. Willams
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- Gray Area (Brown Version), 1993 by Fred Wilson
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- George Washington Carver’s Egyptian Blue, 9th Oxidation (1930s)
Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt 1876-Now was on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from November 17, 2024 to February 17, 2025.
