Kanitra Fletcher

Kanitra Fletcher is an American curator and art historian currently working as associate curator of African American and Afro-Diasporic art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Named to her role in January 2021 after serving as an associate curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Fletcher is the National Gallery's first curator dedicated to acquiring, stewarding, and exhibiting work by African American artists. Fletcher's academic specializations include the art of Brazil and Latin America and the Black avant-garde.

She worked as an assistant at a number of museums in New York prior to her career as a curator, including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Museum of Modern Art, and New Museum.

Curatorial career In 2013, Fletcher was chosen as the curator of video art at Landmarks, the public art program of her alma mater UT Austin.

Fletcher was announced as the National Gallery of Art's first associate curator of African American and Afro-Diasporic art on January 13, 2021.

Fletcher's subsequent shows at the National Gallery include Spirit & Strength: Modern Art from Haiti, Chakaia Booker: Treading New Ground, and With Passion and Purpose: Gifts from the Collection of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson.