Kim Sajet

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Kim Sajet
Born
Nigeria
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne,
Bryn Mawr College
Occupation(s)art historian, curator
Websitewww.kimsajet.com Edit this at Wikidata

Kim Sajet is a Nigerian-born art historian, curator, and museum director. She has been the director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery since 2013, and is the first woman to serve in that role. During her tenure at the museum, she has worked to increase representation of women and minorities in the Portrait Gallery's collection.

Biography

Sajet was born in Nigeria and raised in Australia from the age of four, she is a citizen of the Netherlands. She has a doctorate in liberal studies from Georgetown University, a Master's degree in art history from Bryn Mawr College, a master's degree in business administration, and bachelor's degree in art history from University of Melbourne, and a graduate diploma in museum studies from Deakin University.

Starting on April 1, 2013, Sajet served as director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. This role was following a stint as the president and CEO of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Prior to that role, she was a deputy director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and spent time as a curator and director at two Australian art museums.

See also

Publications

  • Caragol, Taína; Moss, Dorothy; Powell, Richard; Sajet, Kim (2020). "The Obama Portraits and the National Portrait Galley as a Site of Secular Pilgrimage". The Obama Portraits. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691203294.

References

  1. ^ "From the Director". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. ^ McGlone, Peggy (25 October 2015). "Experimentation is key to success for National Portrait Gallery's director". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. ^ Boyle, Katherine (29 March 2013). "Kim Sajet enters the picture at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Kim Sajet Becomes Director of National Portrait Gallery". Artforum.com. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Director and Senior Historian Spotlight Newly Acquired Painting of Truman and Portraiture's Value in Illuminating History". Kansas City Public Library. W.T. Kemper Foundation, Commerce Bank-Trustee. 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ "Kim Sajet named U.S. Portrait Gallery chief". Politico. Associated Press. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2020.


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