Curatorial Perspective from Eric Kjellgren, Evelyn A.J. Hall and John A. Friede Associate Curator, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Learn more about the galleries: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/new_...

The Pacific encompasses more than a thousand distinct cultures and hundreds of artistic traditions in an area that covers about one-third of the earth's surface. The Museum's new permanent galleries for Oceanic art, completely redesigned and reinstalled, display a substantially larger portion of the Museum's Pacific holdings than was previously on view. Featuring renowned masterworks from the Metropolitan's Oceanic collection as well as recent acquisitions, the installation presents sculpture and decorative arts from the regions of Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Australia. The displays also feature the Museum's first gallery devoted to the arts of the indigenous peoples of Island Southeast Asia.

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[Redskin Sun]

Notice how often the narrator says uh. It's at the beginning of every sentence. uh lol

I did enjoy the video and how artistic other cultures are without brushes, oils and pigments. Amazing

[TikiFoamy38]

I love oceanic art.

[BronyteP]

wonderful! & slit-gongs are hilarious - big ol' eyes, tiny little hands :)) ahh so relaxing, thanks