WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian Institution is standing behind an exhibition that relies in part on the art collection of Bill Cosby and his wife, Camille Cosby.
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art opened the exhibition of African and African-American artwork in November prior to Cosby’s admission of obtaining quaaludes in 2005 with the intent of drugging women.
On Tuesday, the museum issued a statement saying it is “aware of the recent revelations about Bill Cosby’s behavior.” The museum added it “in no way condones this behavior.”
But the museum says the exhibition is fundamentally about the artworks and the artists who created them, not about the owners of the collections.
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