The Metropolitan Museum of Art has appointed Oluremi C. Onabanjo as a curator in its Department of Photographs, a role she will assume this summer. Onabanjo, who joins from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), will primarily oversee the Walther Collection—a massive gift of over 6,500 photographs spanning diverse global regions—and will lead a major exhibition of the collection in 2028.
This hiring is a strategic move for the Met as it prepares for the 2030 opening of the Tang Wing for Modern and Contemporary Art. By bringing in a curator with expertise in African and Asian photography and time-based media, the museum aims to diversify its permanent collection and foster a more globally connected narrative of art history across its various departments.