‘These aren’t extinct cultures’ – indigenous art gets a stage at the Met
In two exhibitions in New York, Native Americans are given a spotlight both with their artwork and the inaccurate ways they’ve been portrayed by others
If you walk into the Met Fifth Avenue, there is one unlikely sign gracing the entranceway of an exhibit, which reads: “The Metropolitan Museum of Art is situated on the Lenape island of Manhahtaan (Mannahatta) in Lenapehoking, the Lenape homeland.”
It continues: “We pay respect to the Lenape peoples – past, present, and future – and their continuing presence in the homeland and throughout the Lenape diaspora.”
Related: ‘We’re building a bridge’ – the exhibition shining a light on Latinx artists
Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection will run until 6 October 2019
