African art

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• SOURCE: Diverse Education
  12/5/2021
  

  In Memoriam: Dr. Robert Farris Thompson, Pioneering African and Afro-Atlantic Art Historian

  Dr. Thompson's research pushed academics to consider African art as art, and developed important theories of Black aesthetic traditions in multiple art forms throughout the African diaspora. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/12/2021
  

  Opinion: If U.S. Museums Say Black Lives Matter, then they Should Return Africa’s Stolen Art

  "So far, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art have not commented on whether their institutions will return the artifacts that were plundered from the Kingdom of Benin."

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  3-29-18
  

  Museum Appoints White Woman As African Art Curator, Sparks Outrage

  Kristen Windmuller-Luna is slated to take over managing the museum's African art collection in April.