Here’s a turnabout: Brandeis University, which set off a storm two years ago when trustees tried to sell art from the Rose Art Museum’s collection, now plans to renovate the museum, rather than destroy it.
Things are not so dire as they once seemed, which I what I posited in this space 11 months ago.
The university has posted a press release, dated Mar. 10, on its website, but the fact just came to my attention. The renovations are scheduled to take this place in the original building this summer, in preparation for the museum’s 50th anniversary next fall. The art will start coming down in April, although the newer wing will remain open, with a new access point, through mid-June.
Sandra and Gerald S. Fineberg made a gift that will pay the tab for new ceilings, new floors, new lighting, new HVAC, etc. etc.
Of course, the Rose still does not have a director. Director of Museum Operations Roy Dawes is in charge.
I haven’t heard much about the lawsuit filed against Brandeis by Rose trustees, which was supposed to go to court last December. But courts delay, and according to an article on Monday in the Waltham News Tribune, the lawsuit is still in Suffolk Probate and Family Court in Boston.
Figures.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Brandeis University