On Sunday I decided to swing by the National Museum of African Art in DC. My memories of this place was of it being a tiny little hole-in-the-wall compared to the larger art museums surrounding it (like the Freer/Sackler art galleries and the Hirshorn, both of which I stopped by on Sunday as well). Now, I’d say it definitely isn’t inferior in size, so much as attendance. Despite the museum being connected to the Asian Art museum on sub-level 3 (which has a delightful display currently, which I will discuss in a moment), there were about 150% fewer people in the African Art museum compared to Freer/Sackler. I can’t say why, perhaps just less interest in Africa as a region — the far east has always held large appeal with westerners — or that it was the final day at Freer/Sackler of an exhibition of works by Kiyochika (a…
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