First Collaboration Between 3 Top NYC Art Museums for Caribbean Crossroads Exhibit

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    On Saturday, the Queens Museum of Art will make history at its opening reception for an ambitious exhibit, Caribbean: Crossroads of the World. The museum teamed up with both El Museo del Barrio and the Studio Museum in Harlem to bring visitors an impressive collection of over 400 rare works from the Haitian Revolution to the present.

    According the press release, the show examines the “compelling and dramatic exploration of the Caribbean and its Diaspora…The project will advance understanding of the Caribbean as a crossroads for the modern world within the Western hemisphere.” The exhibit covers “themes ranging from the social impact of the plantation system to the stereotype of the islands as havens for outlaws and degenerates,”  says the New Yorker. “Think: pirates, drug runners, and zombies.”

    The show will be on view at all three museums, and at the Queens Museum through January 2013. If you pay for a visit at one museum, your ticket is good for admission to the other two sites as well.

    Check out our calendar for the event listing.

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