I can distinguish between museums that lead and those that lag. Contrary to the inference in substance and tone of The Denver Post’s recent article, the DAM unquestionably rests in the former…
Dia del Nino returns to Denver Art Museum and other free venues on Sunday, April 28, with live performances, artmaking activities and more bilingual family activities. . I am a trustee of the museum, but my objections, as reflected by the brief biography below, have additional roots. In that broader context, the substance and tonality of The Post’s coverage is regrettably imbalanced and misleading.
often at the museums’ initiative, of Native ancestors’ remains, sacred material, and cultural patrimony to communities of origin. My central criticism of The Post’s approach to covering Indigenous cultural property issues, however, is a matter of substance rather than quibbling about quotation choices and placement.
• Pursuant to that policy, curatorial staff regularly hold NAGPRA consultations with Indigenous community members to support access to collections and repatriation inquiries and applications; The foregoing is buttressed by even broader collaborations with Natives and Native communities that are deeply embedded in the institutional and organizational fabric of the DAM:
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