The Peabody Essex Museum announces the appointment of Sona Datta, Ph.D., as its new curator of Indian and South Asian Art. Datta comes to PEM from the British Museum, London, where during her eight-year tenure as art historian and curator, she specialized in the visual culture of South Asia. At PEM, Datta will play a pivotal role in shaping the museum’s program in South Asian art primarily through innovative exhibitions, interpretation and programming as well as strategic collection enhancement and research.

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