Colonial Art: Theft, Repatriation, and Solutions

Max Gersch Growing up in a Washington, D.C. daycare, I spent many days wandering through the Smithsonian admiring the breathtaking exhibits, but I took for granted how those museums acquired their art and never wondered how it got where it was. Michael Rakowitz’s current exhibit, Nimrud, at the Wellin Museum at Hamilton College raises provocative […]