As the new curator of African Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Dr. Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba is a widely published authority on the restitution of African art. He will lead VMFA’s research of provenance and title records of the African objects in the museum’s collection, returning works that were stolen or looted during the colonial era.
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Looted and found
VMFA’s new African Art curator will lead efforts to return stolen objects
“I have always had a tremendous interest [in art] however, knowing your strengths and weaknesses is very important. It occurred to me that I wouldn’t be hugely successful as a studio artist and so I concentrated on being an art historian.” — Dr. NDubuisi C. EzEluomba
