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Q+A with Artist Lisa Reihana

The experiential video allows visitors to reflect upon notions about Pacific culture and history.

By Claudia Schmuckli

Article Contemporary art Oceanic art AAPI voices
A Panoramic Wallpaper of the Peoples of the Pacific

The wallpaper’s subject imagined a perceived idyllic way of life in the South Pacific.

By Martin Chapman and Eve Rosekind

Article European decorative arts Oceanic art
Navigating the Unknown

In the hands of a master navigator, this effigy became a powerful spiritual ally to safeguard the navigator and his vessel.

By Christina Hellmich

Article Oceanic art
Curator Crossover: So a Scientist Walks into an Art Museum . . .

Taking a closer look at some of the animals in our artworks.

By Jack Dumbacher, curator of birds and mammals, California Academy of Sciences

Article American art Oceanic art
How a Comic Book Transformed Shield Painting in Papua New Guinea

Shields, superheroes, and “The Man Who Cannot Die.”

By Christina Hellmich, curator in charge, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas and the Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art

Article Oceanic art

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