New Book: Art Museums and the Legacies of the Dutch Atlantic Slave Trade

We like to share the book publication of Art Museums and the Legacies of the Dutch Atlantic Slave Trade: Curating Histories, Envisioning Futures, edited by Sarah Mallory, Joanna S. Seidenstein, Rachel Burke, and Kéla Jackson.

Expanding on a major public program of April 2021, this volume presents wide-ranging perspectives on the legacies of the Dutch Atlantic slave trade within and beyond museum walls. Contributions by curators, academics, activists, artists, and poets consider this history as reflected in the arts of Europe, the Americas, Africa, and the Black diaspora more broadly, together illuminating how art museums may function as liberatory spaces working against systemic injustice.

The book, published by Brill publishing, is filled with beautifully researched and thought-provoking essays by academics, curators, artists, and activists from the Netherlands, US, Brazil, and more.

The e-book is now available, with printed copies coming in January.