EditorialA poster in Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s home of a 1991 film he wrote and directed, “The Object of Beauty,” in Hudson, N.Y., June 10, 2022. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)
EditorialAbove, a hippopotamus-shaped power object (Boli) from 20th century Mali molded from earth mixed with alcohol and blood, first half of the 20th century from Mali; below, “A Figurine of A Hippopotamus” from Egypt, ca. 1961-1878 B.C., on display in “The African Origin of Civilization” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Dec. 28, 2021. (Seth Caplan/The New York Times)