I hope it's one that continues, even if it compromises the museum's collections. It is always the right time to make things right and I gained a great deal of respect for that action. The class was beautiful and left us with principles and an encouragement of seeing differently and drawing through art.ĭuring our time there we also enjoyed time in the permanent collection where we found that the museum has now taken on the principle of returning art that was gained through plunder and where they can verify that origin story. In many cases, the point was the collective heroism that African nations and cultures draw upon and how that is infused in to Black culture more generally. The art class was led by a local artist and was derived to find inspiration in the Heroes exhibit which talked about the principles of African heroism and profiled the human, the historic, and the mythical as heroes in African society. We happened to arrive just as a free art class was starting at the museum. Half underground, half above ground, this is a treasure trove.
John Lapiana, a senior advisor to the undersecretary of museums and culture, will take over until a suitable replacement is found.This museum does much to celebrate and elevate the diversity of Africa. Nevertheless, Blankenberg's legacy at the NMAA will be one of returning a selection of Benin bronzes back to Nigeria, establishing the Smithsonian's new ethical returns policy, and trying to open the museum doors to younger generations. In an email, Blankenberg herself gave the opinion some wind by admitting " a lot of frustration" related to the position, talking around what she labeled as " the resistance (to) changing museums for the better." Some sources say that she was pushed to resign. It's because Ngaire Blankenberg, leading the museum since July 2021, resigned from her post under rather shady circumstances. Three times in six years, that's the dynamic at which the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art finds itself on the lookout for a new director.
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