Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Gender Bias in the Olympics

Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Gender Bias in the Olympics: The Impact and Legacy of Avery Brundage. The first program in the series “Beyond Brundage: Critically Reexamining The History of the Asian Art Museum.”

The museum is launching a series of conversations to critically examine Avery Brundage (1887–1975), former president of the International Olympic Committee, and the collection of Asian art he donated to San Francisco in 1959. His donation of 8,000 objects forms the nucleus of the Asian Art Museum founded in 1966, with a collection now numbering 18,000 artworks. This series of panel discussions will explore race, colonialism, and power in both the founding of the museum and its subsequent history. Combined with ongoing research on the provenance of objects donated by Brundage, the conversations will help frame these issues for the museum and the community it serves. Information about upcoming programs will be posted on the website as details are confirmed or sign up for email alerts here: https://calendar.asianart.org/event/racism-in-sports-and-the-legacy-of-avery-brundage/

Asian Art Museum Director Jay Xu hosts a conversation with sports sociologist Harry Edwards and political scientist Jules Boykoff about Avery Brundage, the founding donor of the museum’s collection, exploring his racist and anti-Semitic actions in Olympic history. This program is one in a series of conversations critically reexamining Avery Brundage and the history of the Asian Art Museum.

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