点评:I last visited the museum in 2015 before the joining with the Smithsonian.
This was and is a great way to see art from the American West of the 19h Century. Remington and Russell items line the wall of the top floor.
The museum used to have modern art by Native American artists which had a vibrancy of their own. The comparisons of old and new western art was impressive.
Now under the Smithsonian the lower gallery can best be described as 'WOKE'
Now African American art is displayed. While the art is good and well worth being displayed it raises the question of why with the vast amount of Native American art available to the Smithsonian the art isn't used to expand on that theme?
It seems to me Native Americans get the short straw in this new arrangement.
Well worth a visit, but could have been better.
翻译:我最后一次参观博物馆是在 2015 年,当时博物馆尚未与史密森尼博物馆合并。
过去和现在,这都是欣赏 19 世纪美国西部艺术的绝佳方式。雷明顿和罗素的作品排列在顶层的墙上。
博物馆过去曾展出过美洲原住民艺术家创作的现代艺术作品,这些作品本身就充满活力。新旧西方艺术的对比令人印象深刻。
现在,史密森尼博物馆的下层画廊可以用“觉醒”来形容
现在展出的是非裔美国人的艺术作品。虽然这些艺术作品很好,值得一看,但这也引发了一个问题:为什么史密森尼博物馆拥有如此多的美洲原住民艺术作品,却没有用这些艺术作品来扩展这一主题?
在我看来,美洲原住民在这种新安排中处于劣势。
值得一看,但本来可以做得更好。