Brandeis budget crunch

tumblebunny
Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:20:19 +0000

People don’t gift paintings to museums in order for the gift to be disposed of to raise money. Deaccessioning is thought to be unethical. It violates a stated or unstated agreement between the donnee and the donor. The National Academy recently ran into extremely heavy weather on this very issue. That’s why the Rose affair raised such a storm. One has to wonder what the trustees were thinking of, and then who was advising them. It’s not exactly a secret that deaccessioning is a great big no-no. Beyond that, so drastic a proposal suggests an institution in dire straits. Whole thing really shook my confidence in Brandeis.

Several response to my post are by people who don’t identify who they are and what is their interest. Hmmm.

Tumblebunny’s Dad