"In the Closing of Brandeis Museum, a Stark Statement of Priorities
By ROBERTA SMITH
Published: February 1, 2009
WALTHAM, Mass. - Few things are more poignant than a gem of a museum whose
days may be numbered. So it was at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis
University on a visit Friday, days after the university's trustees voted
unanimously to trash the institution by closing it and auctioning off the
6,000 works in its collection. The action came without consulting either the
museum's own board of governors or its director, Michael Rush."
Entire article at
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/arts/design/02rose.html?ref=arts
Peter Stern, Ph.D.
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Adjunct Assoc. Professor, History Department
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