Smithsonian Talk: Restitution and Twenty First Century African Art
PAST EVENT | 20 November 2019 17:00 - 20 November 2019 18:30
As part of the Smithsonian Speaker Series here at Pembroke College, Dr Gus Casely-Hayford will be speaking about the debate regarding whether many museum artefacts should be returned to their countries of origin.
Dr Gus Casely-Hayford is the Director of the National Museum of African Art, and is soon to become the inaugural director of V&A East. He is a fellow of the Cultural Institute at King’s College London and has served as a trustee of the United Kingdom’s National Trust. As director of Africa 05, he organized the largest African arts season in Britain. Dr Casely-Hayford delivered a TEDGlobal Talk on pre-colonial Africa and is the author of a Ladybird Expert book, Timbuktu. Dr Casely-Hayford served as host for Tate Britain’s Great Art Walks, which examines art by some of Britain’s most famous painters and explores their hidden stories.
The Smithsonian Speaker Series is co-organised by the Smithsonian UK Charitable Trust and Pembroke College, the alma mater of James Smithson (1782-1785), the founder of the US Smithsonian Institution, a network of 19 museums based in Washington DC.
The event is free to attend, and you can register via EventBrite.
The talk is followed by a drinks reception.
Smithsonian Talk: Restitution and Twenty First Century African Art
PAST EVENT | 20 November 2019 17:00 - 20 November 2019 18:30
As part of the Smithsonian Speaker Series here at Pembroke College, Dr Gus Casely-Hayford will be speaking about the debate regarding whether many museum artefacts should be returned to their countries of origin.
Dr Gus Casely-Hayford is the Director of the National Museum of African Art, and is soon to become the inaugural director of V&A East. He is a fellow of the Cultural Institute at King’s College London and has served as a trustee of the United Kingdom’s National Trust. As director of Africa 05, he organized the largest African arts season in Britain. Dr Casely-Hayford delivered a TEDGlobal Talk on pre-colonial Africa and is the author of a Ladybird Expert book, Timbuktu. Dr Casely-Hayford served as host for Tate Britain’s Great Art Walks, which examines art by some of Britain’s most famous painters and explores their hidden stories.
The Smithsonian Speaker Series is co-organised by the Smithsonian UK Charitable Trust and Pembroke College, the alma mater of James Smithson (1782-1785), the founder of the US Smithsonian Institution, a network of 19 museums based in Washington DC.
The event is free to attend, and you can register via EventBrite.
The talk is followed by a drinks reception.