Hyperallergic

Ethiopia’s Art at the Crossroads of Traditions

BALTIMORE, Maryland — Dark-eyed saints and apostles parade across a long stitched goatskin in robes of red, yellow, green, and blue. These holy figures are paired in conversation across accordion ...
Forbes

Connected At Crossroads, Toledo Museum Of Art Brings Ethiopia To Northwest Ohio

Deep thinking. Given the luxury of time to think–surrounded by the world’s greatest artwork–museum curators find linkages between people and places not readily apparent. Ways of seeing the world ...
The Washington Post

Finally, a sweeping look at Ethiopian art

correctionAn earlier version of this article incorrectly said the Byzantine Empire, Armenia, Coptic Egypt and Ethiopia all shared a common Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The last three churches are ...
Observer

Curator Sophie Ong Discusses the Genesis of ‘Ethiopia at the Crossroads’ at TMA

Sophie Ong is the coordinating curator of “Ethiopia at the Crossroads” at the Toledo Museum of Art. Courtesy Toledo Museum of Art What’s the origin story of this exhibition? Why Ethiopia? Why now? The ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Africa & Byzantium’ and ‘Ethiopia at the Crossroads’ Review: Epics of Faith and Empire

One of the most alluring artifacts on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition “Africa & Byzantium” is an image painted on wood that, we are told, is “one of the oldest surviving icons ...