马克斯•霍莱因是纽约大都会艺术博物馆的馆长。

萨赫勒的创造力

Hand, Bura-Asinda-Sikka, Niger, 3rd–11th century, Terracotta Institut de Recherches en Sciences Humaines, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niger (AC3 BRK 85). © Photo Maurice Ascani. www.photographe-niger.com.
Installation view of the exhibition "Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara". © The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2020, photography by Anna-Marie Kellen.
Noted Senegalese singer Baaba Maal (right), who performed at the Metropolitan Museum’s Sahel exhibition, meets United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, Melissa Fleming (left). New York, 11 March 2020. Photo: Steven Bornholtz.
Mother and Child (Detail), Bamana peoples, Mali, 15th–early 20th century. Wood Private collection. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, photo by Peter Zeray.
马克斯•霍莱因

大都会艺术博物馆开始举办“萨赫勒：撒哈拉沙漠沿岸的艺术与帝国展”，展览旨在探讨（其实是颂扬）这一重要但相对陌生的艺术遗产。