The Value Of African-American Art

Stored away and hidden from sight; then ultimately left with no source of might. In those two instances, African-American art faces a similar fate when in the hands of modern museums. Once seen as a vibrant form of black expression now slowly ascending into disintegration. Inadequate and disappointing, most collections sink into the riverbanks of oblivion due to lackluster preservation and acquisition. Why is this? A shortage of expertise? An absence of proper art-historical scholarship? Who knows for sure, but the threat it unleashes on the artistic voices of the black communities is tremendously devastating. In its own way, North American art museums have swept away the enduring promise of African-American collections through the