Good Ancestors exhibition 2024

Good Ancestors: Art and Culture for Future Generations

Exhibit organised by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations and the Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United Nations, UN General Assembly Building, Visitors Lobby, Gallery C, September 16th through 27th, 2024

The information below is provided to accompany the exhibition. Some of the content was licensed explicitly for the exhibition and must not be reproduced without prior consent of the respective owners, listed on the first page of the exhibit.

Introduction

Join hands with deep-time ancestors

New Mythologies

Books that can't be read until the next century

The largest African art piece ever made

The pyramid that will take 1,200 years to build

This ancient horse must be maintained or it will disappear

A clock designed to keep time for ten millennia

Fishermen and the Ocean

The sound of the Future: A 1,000-year musical composition

Pamurimasa: Spirits of Transformation

The worlds slowest concert

The ghosts of the past - reframed

Future Design

Long before humanity, these organisms thrived on Earth

A poem carved into the streets to increase the number of Saturdays

For far future generations