🎭 Culture Jun 29, 2026 · Kate Mothes

Elaborate Kené Patterns by Sara Flores Continue an Ancient Indigenous Tradition

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Elaborate Kené Patterns by Sara Flores Continue an Ancient Indigenous Tradition
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In the Peruvian Amazon, the Shipibo-Konibo people (sometimes also spelled Shipibo-Conibo) have made their home around the verdant Ucayali River basin for millennia. Their visual culture is richly informed by their belief systems and the environment in which they live, where foraged clay, wild cotton, and plants used to make pigments have sustained a steadfast artistic tradition known as Kené.



The exhibition Akinananti at White Cube illuminates the work of artist Sara Flores, whose meticulous

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