The Smithsonian will post a sign outside Bill Cosby's art collection stating that the exhibition is about the artists featured, not a tribute to the comedian, the Associated Press reported.
The Cosby art collection features African-American artists that have been under-appreciated for a long time by museums. The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art says its exhibition is continuing despite allegations by more than two dozen women that Cosby committed sexual misconduct in the past four decades, according to CBS News.
Smithsonian spokeswoman Linda St. Thomas says the museum will install the sign on Wednesday, adding that the sign will essentially say the museum does not condone Cosby's behavior, according to ABC News.
William Henry "Bill" Cosby Jr. was born on July 12, 1937 and is an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and activist. Cosby began his career as a stand-up comedian at the "Hungry I" in San Francisco. This was followed by him landing a starring role in the 1960s television show "I Spy."
The actor has been in the news recently after court documents revealed that he admitted under oath that he obtained Quaaludes to give to women with whom he wanted to have sex. Several say he drugged and raped them.
Meanwhile, Cosby's wife and business manager Camille has acknowledged that she knows her husband is a serial philanderer, but she believes his scores of accusers consented to drugs and sex, the New York Post reported. "I created him, I knew what I was getting and we'll fix this," she told a gathering at the couple's Shelburne Falls, Mass. home.
"Camille still doesn't believe that Bill provided drugs and had sex with women without their consent," a source employed by the Cosby family said. "She's well aware of his cheating, but she doesn't believe that her husband is a rapist."
