{"id":8890,"date":"2020-08-29T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=8890"},"modified":"2020-08-21T16:55:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T20:55:26","slug":"the-met-reopens-sahel-art-and-empires-on-the-shores-of-the-sahara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/29\/the-met-reopens-sahel-art-and-empires-on-the-shores-of-the-sahara\/","title":{"rendered":"The Met reopens \u2018Sahel:  Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Art Tours celebrates the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/listings\/2020\/sahel-art-empire-sahara\">Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>\u2019s reopening to the public today with a look at this Seated Male Figure from the museum\u2019s current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/listings\/2020\/sahel-art-empire-sahara\">\u2018Sahel:\u00a0 Art and Empires<\/a> on the Shores of the Sahara\u2019 exhibition.\u00a0 Fueled by global trade and transformed by the arrival of Islam, the region\u2019s empires produced masterpieces like this terracotta figure whose identity is unknown.\u00a0 (On view through Oct 26<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 View the Met\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/about-the-met\/policies-and-documents\/visitor-guidelines\">guidelines<\/a> before visiting.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8891\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8891\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8891\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8891\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sahel_metmu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sahel_metmu.jpg 2753w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sahel_metmu-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sahel_metmu-298x400.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seated Male Figure, Middle Niger civilization, terracotta, Mali, 12th \u2013 14th century.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Art Tours celebrates the Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s reopening to the public today with a look at this Seated Male Figure from the museum\u2019s current \u2018Sahel:\u00a0 Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara\u2019 exhibition.\u00a0 Fueled by global trade and transformed by the arrival of Islam, the region\u2019s empires produced masterpieces like &hellip; 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