Towards a national art gallery of Kenya

Is there a need for a national art gallery of Kenya? The story of the ever-elusive national art gallery is almost as old as the country itself. The Late Joseph Zuzarte Murumbi, Kenya’s second Vice-President and an ardent collector, is known to have pushed for its set up during his tenure in 1965–1966, a dream he never saw come alive by the time of his death in 1990.

For decades, artists have made attempts to establish a space or a platform to collectively push their agendas and preserve their creations for future generations.