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Rayyane Tabet Alien Property

ayyane Tabet’s interconnected art commingles the personal, the political, the historical, and the cultural. His latest exhibition, “Alien Property,” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York pulled off this intricate weaving brilliantly. Located by the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Assyrian Sculpture Court installed with palace sculptures, the presentation, though comprising 53 objects, felt modest in comparison to the giant ancient relics on display.

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