The Met Sold a $2.8M Washington Portrait for Future Acquisitions
A recent Christie's sale included a rare George Washington portrait deaccessioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Source: observer.com
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Plus, are Drake and James Turrell ready to collaborate once more? Which Henry Street gallery is graduating to Chelsea?
Source: artnet.com
To run the British Museum, you'll get $275,000 and a host of problems
Wanted: Someone to restore trust in one of the world’s most visited museums after an embarrassing scandal, handle restitution claims and raise $1
Source: artdaily.com
The British Museum is broken – here's who could fix it
“We failed.” This was the crux of an important speech that George Osborne delivered as chair of the British Museum in November. Speaking at the annual trustees’ dinner, he was referring to the scandal that beset the institution last summer, when it emerged that, “over probably several decades” (as he put it), around 2,000 objects from its storerooms had been stolen or damaged – allegedly by a senior staff member who has since been dismissed. The museum, Osborne acknowledged, had neglected its pr
Source: yahoo.com
The British Museum is broken – here's who could fix it
Applications have opened to lead the beleaguered institution. But whoever gets the job faces a herculean task
Source: telegraph.co.uk