Muzej Afričke Umetnosti - Zbirka Vede i dr Zdravka Pečara | |
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| Established | 1977[1] |
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| Location | Senjak, Belgrade, Serbia |
| Coordinates | 44°47′21″N 20°26′06″E / 44.789054°N 20.434974°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Collection size | 1,700 |
| Founder | Zdravko Pečar and Veda Pečar |
| Director | Marija Aleksić |
| Public transit access | Bus route 44 and 34 (Vasa Pelagić Station) |
| Website | www |
The Museum of African Art (Serbian: Музеј афричке уметности, Muzej afričke umetnosti) located in the Senjak neighbourhood of Belgrade, Serbia, is the oldest institution in Southeast Europe dedicated exclusively to African art.[2] Founded in 1977, during a period of strong Yugoslav engagement with the Non-Aligned Movement, the museum was established by Veda Zagorac and Zdravko Pečar, a former Yugoslav ambassador to Ghana and Mali, who donated the collection they gathered during their time in Africa.[2] The museum’s permanent exhibition highlights artifacts from West Africa, particularly from Ghana, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso.[2]
The museum presents itself as a distinctly anti-colonial institution, distinguishing itself from many other European collections of African art.[2] Its artifacts were not acquired through colonization, plunder, or exploitation but were instead received as gifts from African nations, reflecting Yugoslavia’s diplomatic relationships and cultural cooperation with its African allies.[2]
- ^ Bojana Piškur (2019). "Southern Constellations: Other Histories, Other Modernities". In Tamara Soban (ed.). Southern Constellations: The Poetics of the Non-Aligned (PDF). Museum of Modern Art (Ljubljana). ISBN 978-961-206-138-8.
- ^ a b c d e "Afrika u Srbiji: Muzej afričke umetnosti u Beogradu slavi 44. rođendan". BBC (in Serbian). 23 September 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2021.