The Black Curator
Activists for Representation, and Decolonization of Museums
- English
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About this book
The Black Curator highlights the role that Black curators have long played in advocating for black artists and social changes and argues that they made a significant contribution to the democratization of museums over the last 150 years.
Drawing on oral testimonies and archival research, this book examines how black curatorial activist practices emerged as a social and imaginative response to racism across various museum contexts. Exploring the work of black curators at three different museums, Benyehudah traces a lineage from black curators in the 19th century to those currently working in curatorial roles. Analysis of these case studies and the use of ideas from museum studies, critical race theory, and art history also enable the author to demonstrate how black curatorial practice was and is distinct from Eurocentric forms of curating black art. Explaining that the black curatorial lens was used in the process of establishing counter?archives, the author also demonstrates that it has played – and continues to play – a vital role in the decolonization of museums.
Offering compelling ways to look at the relationship between black curators and legacies of colonialism in museums, The Black Curator will be essential reading for scholars, students, and museum practitioners.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The establishment of the Black curatorial lineage
- 2 William H. Sheppard, re-imagining African artifacts at a Black College: The significance of William H. Sheppard in launching Black curatorial praxis
- 3 Henri Ghent, integration of Black Art at the Brooklyn Museum: Henri Ghent’s background and significance during the Black Power Era
- 4 Tukufu Zuberi, decolonization of the Penn Museum’s Africa Gallery
- 5 Fourth wave Black curatorial emergence during the Black Lives Matter era
- Appendix
- Index