Exhibiting now through October 2019, the Art of Native America exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a fascinating look at 116 masterworks that represent the achievements of Native American artists from more than fifty cultures across North America. In this video from the museum, watch as Yale professor Ned Blackhawk talks about the importance of the Diker Collection.

The American Wing of The Met is an ideal space to exhibit this particular collection. The art of the indigenous peoples of North America have not historically been prioritized in these spaces. The longstanding curatorial practice of designating arts as "primitive," or as "ethnographic," or as "nonwestern" has limited our capacity to see a broader and more shared humanity, in my mind.

We often think of these objects as a kind of untainted window into the world of pre-modern life, but they are products of a colonial encounter. The smaller baskets from California, the potteries from the southwest, the textiles among the Navajo, many of them were made for the explicit purpose to trade.

Check out the exhibition page to learn more about the Diker Collection.

Hundreds of items worth millions of dollars that belonged to the late Robin Williams and his family are hitting the auction block Thursday.

The actor and comedian was also a collector who had a child's love of toys and props, and his prized possessions included contemporary sculptures, paintings from all over the world, furniture, decorative art and movie memorabilia.

Sotheby's is auctioning off more than 300 items worth about $3 million that belonged to Williams and his second wife, Marsha Williams.

Local YouTuber actionkid105 spends a lot of time walking and/or biking through New York City neighborhoods and attractions wearing a GoPro strapped to his chest. In this recent upload, watch as he walks through the streets of Manhattan's Chinatown, letting you see what it's like from a POV perspective.

Timestamps
2:30 - Bowery & Division Street (Confucius Statue)
3:20 - Doyers Street & Bowery
5:30 - Pell Street & Doyers Street
8:35 - Mott Street & Bowery
12:22 - Mott Street & Bayard Street
14:55 - Canal Street & Mott Street
16:40 - Canal Street & Mulberry Street (Funeral Procession blocks intersection)
18:30 - Baxter Street & Canal Street
21:53 - Grand Street & Baxter Street
23:45 - Grand Street & Mott Street
26:55 - Grand Street & Bowery
28:45 - Grand Street & Chrystie Street
31:05 - Eldridge Street & Grand Street
34:30 - Eldridge Street & Canal Street (Watching FDNY Engine 9)
37:37 - Eldridge Street & Division Street
38:35 - Entering 88 East Broadway Mall
40:12 - East Broadway & Market Street
43:25 - East Broadway & Catherine Street
44:20 - Kimlau Square / Lin Zexu Square