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ARTnews) that Dominican-American E. Carmen Ramos was named chief curator of the National Gallery of Art.
In a statement, Ramos said, “I am honored to join the National Gallery at this transformative moment in our nation’s history, when museums are recommitting themselves to deeper inclusive practices, collections, and exhibitions. It is important that we continue to expand the boundaries of art history, making sure our scholarship reflects a fuller and more complex picture of our nation and world.
Ramos has been at the Smithsonian American Art Museum since 2010. Over the past decade, she has curated a succession of acclaimed shows, most notably 2014’s “Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art,” which aimed to showcase the wide-ranging contributions of Latinx artists to the country’s art history. Her most recent exhibition, “¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impa
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Washington’s famed Smithsonian Museums began to reopen Friday after being closed to the public since November due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among the museums reopening Friday was the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and prior to its re-opening to the public, First lady Jill Biden toured some of the exhibits and spoke to museum staff.
Her visit was designed to promote the reopening, as well as to highlight how vaccinated Americans can start returning to some of the pre-pandemic norms.
One day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance to say that those who are fully vaccinated do not need face coverings in most situations, Biden told reporters, “It felt so good to be outside and have our masks off.” Biden followed museum guidelines and wore her mask during the tour.