Karen E Milbourne
Biographic Data
| ID | 103710 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen E Milbourne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen E |
| FAMILY NAME | Milbourne |
| SIGNATURE | MILBOURNE K E |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Museum of Natural History |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Part I—Dedication to Professor Allen F. Roberts
Author(s): Brown, Degenhart; Milbourne, Karen E.; Gagliardi, Susan Elizabeth; Albrezzi, Francesca; Jeychandran, Neelima; Kirk, Johanna; Anderson, Samuel Mark; Edmondson, Scott M.; Sullivan, Elaine Ericksen; Hassnaoui, Amira; Peretz, Jeremy Jacob | Abstract
The Contemporary Art World, Africa, and the Women Who Have Brought About Change
Peju Alatise
Mary “Polly” Nooter Roberts 1959–2018
A History Shaped by Futures Past
all photos by Franko Khoury, courtesy of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian InstitutionThe year 2016 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the first work of art by an identified African artist to be accessioned into the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, an untitled study by Sudanese modernist Ibrahim El-Salahi (Fig. 1).1 Just two years after the museum was founded, the accessioning of El-Salahi's ink drawing …
Senses of Time
More than fifty years ago, the art historian George Kubler wrote that time is, “like mind, not knowable as such” (1962:13).1 Kubler was concerned with human difficulties in understanding time other than by looking back upon the material record to assess processes of change and permanence. He did not, however, question how time is conceived in situation-specific modes or how it might play out differently based on location. We do live in a world ma…
Earth Matters
The exhibition Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa opened at the National Museum of African Art and Enid A. Haupt Garden, Smithsonian Institution, on Earth Day (April 22) 2013 and has been extended through February 23, 2014. Curator Karen E. Milbourne provides a preview of this first major exhibition and scholarly endeavor to examine comprehensively the rich relationship between African artists from more than twenty…
Collecting and Projecting Identity Barotseland's Arts in International Arenas
On September 21, 1906, Lozi king Lewanika of Barotseland (western Zambia) signed a contract with New Jersey trader Richard Douglas. With this document, he bequeathed the rights to cattle, wild game, ivory, and more than 2,000 objects that would come to reside in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The works in question ranged from a few lumps of tobacco to a feather-crested wooden mask. On their own, each object …
Art of the Lega
Craft and Creativity
A History Shaped by Futures Past
all photos by Franko Khoury, courtesy of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian InstitutionThe year 2016 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the first work of art by an identified African artist to be accessioned into the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, an untitled study by Sudanese modernist Ibrahim El-Salahi (Fig. 1).1 Just two years after the museum was founded, the accessioning of El-Salahi's ink drawing …
Earth Matters
The exhibition Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa opened at the National Museum of African Art and Enid A. Haupt Garden, Smithsonian Institution, on Earth Day (April 22) 2013 and has been extended through February 23, 2014. Curator Karen E. Milbourne provides a preview of this first major exhibition and scholarly endeavor to examine comprehensively the rich relationship between African artists from more than twenty…
Craft and Creativity
Craft and Creativity
Art of the Lega
Collecting and Projecting Identity Barotseland's Arts in International Arenas
On September 21, 1906, Lozi king Lewanika of Barotseland (western Zambia) signed a contract with New Jersey trader Richard Douglas. With this document, he bequeathed the rights to cattle, wild game, ivory, and more than 2,000 objects that would come to reside in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The works in question ranged from a few lumps of tobacco to a feather-crested wooden mask. On their own, each object …
Earth Matters
The exhibition Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa opened at the National Museum of African Art and Enid A. Haupt Garden, Smithsonian Institution, on Earth Day (April 22) 2013 and has been extended through February 23, 2014. Curator Karen E. Milbourne provides a preview of this first major exhibition and scholarly endeavor to examine comprehensively the rich relationship between African artists from more than twenty…
Senses of Time
More than fifty years ago, the art historian George Kubler wrote that time is, “like mind, not knowable as such” (1962:13).1 Kubler was concerned with human difficulties in understanding time other than by looking back upon the material record to assess processes of change and permanence. He did not, however, question how time is conceived in situation-specific modes or how it might play out differently based on location. We do live in a world ma…
A History Shaped by Futures Past
all photos by Franko Khoury, courtesy of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian InstitutionThe year 2016 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the first work of art by an identified African artist to be accessioned into the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, an untitled study by Sudanese modernist Ibrahim El-Salahi (Fig. 1).1 Just two years after the museum was founded, the accessioning of El-Salahi's ink drawing …
Mary “Polly” Nooter Roberts 1959–2018
The Contemporary Art World, Africa, and the Women Who Have Brought About Change
Peju Alatise
Part I—Dedication to Professor Allen F. Roberts
Author(s): Brown, Degenhart; Milbourne, Karen E.; Gagliardi, Susan Elizabeth; Albrezzi, Francesca; Jeychandran, Neelima; Kirk, Johanna; Anderson, Samuel Mark; Edmondson, Scott M.; Sullivan, Elaine Ericksen; Hassnaoui, Amira; Peretz, Jeremy Jacob | Abstract
Art (8 works) · African history and culture studies (5 works) · Art history (5 works) · Visual arts (5 works) · The arts (4 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · Exhibition (2 works)