While the Delaware Art Museum has been the target of considerable criticism among museum professionals for its decision to sell art to repay debts and enhance the endowment, no one has been more distressed by this development than the museum's own former director, Danielle Rice, who left at the end of August to direct a program in museum leadership at Drexel University. In a … [Read more...] about Delaware Art Museum’s Deaccession Debacle: My Q&A with Its Former Director, Danielle Rice
Archives for April 2014
Stepping Up: Judith Dolkart Leaves Barnes Foundation for Addison Gallery Directorship
The Barnes Foundation, less than two years after it opened its new Philadelphia facility, is not only without a director, but is also about to lose its deputy director/chief curator. When I learned that Derek Gillman was leaving the Barnes, effective last Jan. 1, to become distinguished visiting professor at Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, I … [Read more...] about Stepping Up: Judith Dolkart Leaves Barnes Foundation for Addison Gallery Directorship