Kim Sajet is a Nigerian-born art historian, curator, and museum director. She has been the director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery since 2013, and is the first woman to serve in that role.[1] During her tenure at the museum, she has worked to increase representation of women and minorities in the Portrait Gallery's collection.[2]

Kim Sajet
Born
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne,
Bryn Mawr College
Occupation(s)art historian, curator
Websitewww.kimsajet.com Edit this at Wikidata

Biography

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Sajet was born in Nigeria and raised in Australia from the age of four, she is a citizen of the Netherlands.[3][4] She has a doctorate in liberal studies from Georgetown University, a Master's degree in art history from Bryn Mawr College, a master's degree in business administration, and bachelor's degree in art history from University of Melbourne, and a graduate diploma in museum studies from Deakin University.[5]

Starting on April 1, 2013, Sajet served as director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. This role was following a stint as the president and CEO of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.[4] Prior to that role, she was a deputy director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and spent time as a curator and director at two Australian art museums.[6]

See also

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Publications

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  • Caragol, Taína; Moss, Dorothy; Powell, Richard; Sajet, Kim (2020). "The Obama Portraits and the National Portrait Galley as a Site of Secular Pilgrimage". The Obama Portraits. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691203294.

References

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  1. ^ "From the Director". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. ^ McGlone, Peggy (25 October 2015). "Experimentation is key to success for National Portrait Gallery's director". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. ^ Boyle, Katherine (29 March 2013). "Kim Sajet enters the picture at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Kim Sajet Becomes Director of National Portrait Gallery". Artforum.com. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Director and Senior Historian Spotlight Newly Acquired Painting of Truman and Portraiture's Value in Illuminating History". Kansas City Public Library. W.T. Kemper Foundation, Commerce Bank-Trustee. 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ "Kim Sajet named U.S. Portrait Gallery chief". Politico. Associated Press. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2020.