The Biggest Surprise at the Met’s Egypt Show? Live Performance

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is set to open its new exhibition “Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876 — Now” this weekend. The exhibit has nearly 200 works made largely by African American artists looking to define their cultural history after the violent severance from their African roots through the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

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Rest as Resistance 

Tricia Hersey calls on history and guides by example in her new book about the importance of rest in a demanding world.

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