A judge heard arguments on Wednesday on whether to dismiss a lawsuit attempting to block Valparaiso University from selling three artworks from its museum.
Do Dick Brauer, the namesake of the Brauer Museum at Valparaiso University and its first curator, and Philipp Brockington, a retired university law professor who is one of the museum’s benefactors, have legal standing to stop the sale of the museum’s most valuable artwork so the proceeds can be used to fund dorm renovations? That’s now in the hands of Porter Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Thode. .
An attorney representing two retired Valparaiso University professors with long standing relationships with the university’s Brauer Museum of Art agreed to drop a request for a temporary restraining order to stop the sale of three cornerstone pieces of artwork after learning during a Tuesday court hearing that sale of the artwork is not imminent.