{"id":273682,"date":"2019-04-19T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiRGh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy5hcnRuZXQuY29tL2FydC13b3JsZC96b21hLW11c2V1bS1vcGVucy1ldGhpb3BpYS0xNTAxNDUw0gFNaHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmFydG5ldC5jb20vYXJ0LXdvcmxkL3pvbWEtbXVzZXVtLW9wZW5zLWV0aGlvcGlhLTE1MDE0NTAvYW1wLXBhZ2U?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-12T11:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T15:23:45","slug":"zoma-museum-ethiopias-art-space-built-as-an-environmental-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/273682","title":{"rendered":"Zoma Museum: Ethiopia\u2019s art space built as an environmental experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>artnet News covered the March opening of <strong>Zoma Museum<\/strong> in Addis Ababa, an arts space built as an environmental experiment as much as a gallery, with founders framing the project around life and ecology.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-554184\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/new-building-technology.jpg?fit=780%2C439&ssl=1\" alt=\"Zoma Museum: Ethiopia\u2019s art space built as an environmental experiment\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Earth architecture, gardens, and contemporary art shared the same compound. The museum asked whether cultural institutions in Ethiopia could model sustainability instead of only importing white-cube habits.<\/p>\n<p>Addis art scenes needed rooms that were not only hotels and temporary pop-ups. Zoma\u2019s bet was that alternative institutions could grow roots in soil and community practice.<\/p>\n<p>As culture reference, the opening file still matters for Horn arts coverage: museums are politics of space, materials, and who gets to define modern Ethiopian creativity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/zoma-museum-opens-ethiopia-1501450\">artnet News<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018It\u2019s All About Life\u2019: Ethiopia\u2019s Newest Art Museum Doubles as an Experiment in Environmental Sustainability&nbsp;&nbsp;artnet NewsThe Zoma Museum, an alternative arts and ecological institution in Addis Ababa, had its official unveiling in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":554184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/new-building-technology.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-19ce","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273682"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600861,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273682\/revisions\/600861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}