Restitution and Twenty-First Century African Art
Followed by a drinks reception
Gus Casely-Hayford is the Director of the National Museum of African Art. He is a fellow of the Cultural Institute at King’s College London and has served as a trustee of the United Kingdom’s National Trust. As director of Africa 05, he organized the largest African arts season in Britain. Dr Casely-Hayford delivered a TEDGlobal Talk on pre-colonial Africa and is the author of a Ladybird Expert book, Timbuktu. Dr Casely-Hayford served as host for Tate Britain’s Great Art Walks, which examines art by some of Britain’s most famous painters and explores their hidden stories.

The Smithsonian Speaker Series is co-organised by the Smithsonian UK Charitable Trust and Pembroke College, the alma mater of James Smithson (1782-1785), the founder of the US Smithsonian Institution, a network of 19 museums based in Washington DC.
Date: 20 November 2019, 17:00
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Pichette Auditorium
Speaker: Dr Gus Casely-Hayford (Smithsonian National Museum of African Art)
Organiser contact email address: blake.ewing@pmb.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Blake Ewing (Department of Politics and International Relations )
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Booking required?: Required
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Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Alexander Ewing