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Andrea Achi

Mary and Michael Jaharis Associate Curator of Byzantine Art 

Andrea Achi holds a BA from Barnard College and a PhD from New York University.

Trained as a Byzantinist, Dr. Achi’s scholarship and curatorial practice focus on late antique and Byzantine art of the Mediterranean Basin and Northeast Africa. She has a particular interest in manuscripts and archaeological objects from Christian Egypt and Nubia, and she has brought this expertise to bear on exhibitions like Art and Peoples of the Kharga Oasis (),Crossroads: Power and Piety (), and The Good Life () at The Met and in presentations and publications.

Currently, she is working on exhibition projects related to Egyptian monasteries, the material culture of Late Antiquity, and Byzantine Art in Africa. 

Selected Publications

• Achi, Andrea Myers, et al.

  “‘Semper Novi Quid ex Africa’: Redrawing the Borders of Medieval African Art and Considering Its