'Shameful and Misguided': Former Met Staff and Others Say the Museum Would Set a Dangerous Precedent by Selling Art to Cover Costs
The facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Courtesy of the Met. The practice of deaccessioning has never failed to incite controversy. But the stakes are even higher now that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York—one of the wealthiest, largest, and best-attended museums in the world—has suggested it is considering selling off some of its art as it faces a $150 million shortfall. The fact that a leading professional organization relaxed its guidelines surrounding deaccessioning last spring, which means that the Met would draw no official censure from the move, is of no consequence ...
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