"Art and Politics: A Staff from the Court of Benin, West Africa"

Susan Mullin Vogel is a former museum director, curator, and filmmaker based in New York. She was the first curator of African art at The Met, Founding Director of the Museum for African Art, Director of the Yale University Art Gallery, and Professor of Art History at Columbia University. She researched Baule art in Cote d'Ivoire during a 25-year period and is known for influential exhibitions, including a pioneering exhibition on 20th century African art, the first to present African photography. She has five documentaries in distribution, including three co-produced with the Musée National du Mali, and she has published widely, most recently on El Anatsui.

Photo Credit: Max Kozloff