London-based Black artist Heather Agyepong took to Twitter to tell how she was booted from an installation at the Museum of Modern Art that was designed specifically to be a refuge for Black museum visitors.
Heather Agyepong after booting her from an installation that was designed specifically to be a refuge for Black museum visitors.
“So I got kicked out of an exhibition, an installation, centered around Black people and rest,” Agyepong ended the video.In a statement to, a spokesperson for the MoMA said the museum reached out to Agyepong and apologized, and will do more to “protect the experiences of Black visitors and visitors from Indigenous communities and communities of color” going forward.
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