"Ethiopia at the Crossroads" will feature more than 200 objects-just under half from the museum's own collection-including ancient stone sculptures, coins, icons, paintings, processional crosses, illuminated manuscripts, healing scrolls and basketry, as well as works by contemporary Ethiopian artists such as Wosene Worke Kosrof, Aida Muluneh and Elias Sime.
"I pitched the idea for this show at my job interview six years ago," says Christine Sciacca, the show's curator, who specialises in Ethiopian, Italian and German illuminated manuscripts. As part of the exhibition, the museum is handing out scratch-and-sniff cards that conjure Ethiopian food and culture along with an "Ethiopian manuscript" scent. "It's very specific," says Sciacca, who was already aware of the vast Ethiopian collection at the Walters and is now excited to place it in a wider global history. But how did Ethiopian art end up in Baltimore in the first place?
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