The IMA collection was bound to be a vehicle with no gas in the tank for a scholar who, like Morgan, describes herself as a social-justice curator. She’s better suited to be an independent scholar or to work for an advocacy group.
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The head of the
Indianapolis Museum of Art has resigned. Charles Venable, director and chief executive of the museum since 2012, announced his resignation after criticisms of the job listing for a new director; Venable had taken up a new post as president of Newfields, the campus on which the museum is located. The job description, which encouraged applicants to make visitors to the museum more diverse while not losing its ‘traditional, core, white art audience’, has been condemned in a public letter signed by 85 employees and members of the board of governors of Newfields and also in an open letter signed by more than 1,900 artists, former employees and community leaders. The museum’s board has pledged to publish a detailed action plan to make the institution ‘diverse, equitable, accessible and inclusive’ in the next 30 days.
“We have made mistakes. We have let you down.”
Published February 18th
Written by Paul Meara
The Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields’ president is stepping down after the institution created an uproar over a job notice that stated it was seeking a director to maintain its “traditional, core, white art audience.”
According to the
New York Daily News, the museum’s board of trustees and board of governors released a statement acknowledging
Charles Venable’s resignation that was accepted Wednesday morning (February 17).
“We are sorry,” the statement read. “We have made mistakes. We have let you down.”
The board says