- This article would not have been written if someone with pull hadn't tipped off the Enquirer that this was going to happen. I really hope it wasn't the rich patron who appears to pushing the issue with the Museum, but it was likely someone connected to that person.
- The issue isn't about money, it is about power within the Museum. It appears to me that this curator wants a promotion and wants more control over what goes on at the museum. What has he done to warrant that? Whose job would be lost for him? Does the rich patron care about that?
- It this curator is so great, why did his exhibit get the criticism from one of the article's author's blog? If he were to counter and say that the elements criticized were beyond his control, well, then if he wants to move up in management, he needs to make
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Rich Patrons Don't Rule the World, Even the Arts World
Reading this article from the Enquirer on a 'protest' at the Cincinnati Art Museum, I come up with many points lost in the article and on the people protesting: