N.Y. lawmakers may curtail museum de-accessions
- August 12, 2009 21:33
Endowments are losing money, which means art museums have less to pay their staff and run their galleries. The solution? Well, they can fire some of their staff, or they can sell off some of their art. In the wake of the National Academy of Design Museum's controversial sale of Hudson River School artworks, New York lawmakers are looking for ways to keep deaccessions from happening, a certain way...