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How Auction Houses Can Improve the Ways They Describe Non-Western Art

Uncategorized Posted: May 21, 2019 5:45 pm

“Despite museums’ well-meaning (but not always successful) efforts to adjust their tones and practices to 21st-century standards, auction houses continue to present African artifacts through a Eurocentric lens, often glossing over an artifact’s original context while foregrounding its connections to Western artists and collectors.” – Artsy

Uncategorized Published: 05.13.19, sj

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