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Asian Africans establish heritage gallery at National Museum
CS Amina Mohamed at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Asian African Heritage Gallery at Nairobi National Museum with members of the community on March 24, 2022. PHOTO | COURTESY
Kenyans started talking about a National Art Gallery back in 1966 when then Vice President Joseph Murumbi called upon his government to get behind his proposal to establish such a gallery. His proposal fell on deaf ears.
Periodically, the issue of a national art gallery has been raised, most recently when the Nairobi National Museum held an exhibition entitled ‘Kesho Kutwa’ organized by the well-known art collector Tony Wainaina and including artworks by some of Kenya’s most prominent artists.
