Virtual Events and Lectures

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Please join the Denver Art Museum's Native Arts and Provenance departments, along with special guests from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago, for a lively panel discussion on the vital role provenance research plays in museums.

The panel will examine provenance research as a cornerstone of ethical collecting and explore how it contributes to the return of objects to their rightful countries of origin. The discussion will also address the importance of fostering international relationships that extend beyond repatriation, highlighting the recent return of a plaque to the Kingdom of Benin. This will include a brief intercontinental conversation with Mr. Olugbile Holloway, Director General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) of Nigeria.

Featured in-person panelists include MacKenzie Mallon, Head of Provenance for the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, and Dr. Jacques Schuhmacher, Executive Director of Provenance for the Art Institute of Chicago. They will be joined by Denver Art Museum Arts of Africa Fellow Syokau Mutonga and Provenance Research Fellow Mac Coyle, with moderation by Renée Albiston, Head of Provenance Research.