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New to MoMA

Moké and Congolese Popular Painting

Artist Sammy Baloji, anthropologist Filip De Boeck, and curator Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi discuss Congolese painter Moké ’s bright depictions of Kinshasa city life.

Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, Sammy Baloji, Filip De Boeck

Aug 20, 2020

  • Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi

    Steven and Lisa Tananbaum Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture
  • Sammy Baloji

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  • Filip De Boeck

    Historian and anthropologist
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