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43rd Annual Atha Lecture: The Missing Palette: Color, Cosmos, and Creation

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Dr. Antonio Saborit investigates the original letters and accounts from the Spanish expeditions of the 1500s to the so-called New World —and how they overlooked a universe where color was key to understanding the cosmology and lifeways of indigenous Mesoamerica. Illuminating the striking absence of color in those early chronicles, Dr. Saborit reveals how the exhibition Painted Worlds: Color and Culture in Mesoamerican Art reclaims color as a central force in the making and meaning of artistic expression in Mesoamerica. Following his lecture, Dr. Saborit is joined in conversation by Nelson-Atkins Director and CEO Julián Zugazagoitia and Curator Kimberly Masteller.  

Antonio Saborit is the director of the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, Mexico’s largest and most visited museum and home to a collection of 600,000 objects of indigenous civilizations. 

Dr. Antonio Saborit investigates the original letters and accounts from the Spanish expeditions of the 1500s to the so-called New World —and how they overlooked a universe where color was key to understanding the cosmology and lifeways of indigenous Mesoamerica. Illuminating the striking absence of color in those early chronicles, Dr. Saborit reveals how the exhibition Painted Worlds: Color and Culture in Mesoamerican Art reclaims color as a central force in the making and meaning of artistic expression in Mesoamerica. Following his lecture, Dr. Saborit is joined in conversation by Nelson-Atkins Director and CEO Julián Zugazagoitia and Curator Kimberly Masteller.  

Antonio Saborit is the director of the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, Mexico’s largest and most visited museum and home to a collection of 600,000 objects of indigenous civilizations. 

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When & Where
Nov 20, 2025, 6:00pm to 7:00pm Timezone: CST
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