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African Art and Curatorial Ingenuity at the Brooklyn Museum

October 30, 2014


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Date: 10/30/2014 Location: Brooklyn, New York Description: Foreign media at the Brooklyn Museum for an exclusive preview of an exhibition of African art. Tour was organized the the New York Foreign Press Center. - State Dept Image

October 30, 2014; Brooklyn, NY
Contact: New York Foreign Press Center Media Relations Officer Daphne Stavropoulos
Telephone: 646-282-2835; email: stavropoulosdz2@state.gov


Six journalists from France TV 2 and Radio France Internationale, Handelsblatt (Germany) and Xinhua News Agency (China) participated in an October 30 NYFPC-exclusive press preview of an exhibit on African art and curatorial ingenuity at the Brooklyn Museum. The museum’s collection of sub-Saharan art, with over 6000 pieces and over a hundred different cultures represented, is the largest collection of African art in an American art museum. Journalists were also given a behind the scenes tour of the Conservation Lab where specialists work to preserve and protect pieces in the collection.