Bard Graduate Center
Exhibiting Africa: State of the Field in African Art and the Diaspora
A research symposium presented in collaboration with the Brooklyn Museum
DATE: October 19–20, 2023, 1:30 – 5:15 pm
LOCATION: 38 West 86th Street, Lecture Hall / Brooklyn Museum
CONTACT: public.humanities@bgc.bard.edu
Bard Graduate Center Stages Historic “Exhibiting Africa” Symposium with Brooklyn Museum.
This timely symposium explores present-day perspectives on the display of the arts and material culture of Africa and the Diaspora, examines its historiography in Western cultural institutions, and considers directions for its future.
The event coincides with exhibitions at each of its host institutions that contribute new approaches to display practices in the field. Convened by Drew Thompson and Annissa Malvoisin, curators, scholars, and faculty members at Bard Graduate Center, the event features discussions among thought leaders whose expertise ranges from the ancient to the contemporary, including Andrea Myers Achi (Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art), Solange Ashby (UCLA), Antawan I.Byrd (Northwestern), Sandrine Colard (Rutgers-Newark, Kanal-Pompidou Museum), Kevin D. Dumouchelle (National Museum of African Art), Geoff Emberling (Michigan), N’Goné Fall (curator and cultural policies specialist), Silvia Forni (Fowler Museum, UCLA), Alisa LaGamma (Metropolitan Museum of Art), Mpho Matsipa (Columbia GSAPP), Nontsikelelo Mutiti (Yale School of Art), and Tobias Wofford (VCU).
To learn more about the symposium, including the schedule and registration information, please visit: https://www.bgc.bard.edu/events/1454/19-oct-2023-exhibiting-africa
