NMAfA Director Johnnetta B. Cole on “Why I Kept Open an Exhibit Featuring Art Owned by Bill Cosby.”
Dr. Johnnetta B. ColeNMAfA Director Cole wrote a piece for the online publication The Root which we share for our visitors. Although personally devastated by the collapse of the comedian’s public persona, the director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art says that even in times of controversy, art must be allowed to speak for itself.
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