Marion Duckworth Smith looks after the 17th-century Lent-Riker-Smith Homestead by herself. It’s not like living in a co-op. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “museums”
Museums Vote to Allow the Sale of Art to Care for Collections
By Gotham Rex on September 30, 2022
A policy of the Association of Art Museum Directors has been loosened to allow the limited use of funds from selling art to pay costs of preserving works. Source: New York Times
Investigators Seize 27 Antiquities From the Met, Citing Looting
By Gotham Rex on September 2, 2022
The museum said it is cooperating with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which has executed several search warrants at the museum since February. Source: New York Times
Let’s Go, Mets? Sure. But How About Those Starry Knights!
By Gotham Rex on September 2, 2022
In this league, the Mets are from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Houstons sport the singer’s image on their uniforms. Source: New York Times
There Are Good Dining Sheds and Bad Ones, Adams Says
By Gotham Rex on August 19, 2022
The mayor is a fan of outdoor dining but plans to clean up the ones that aren’t enhancing the city. Source: New York Times
9/11 Memorial & Museum Names New Leader
By Gotham Rex on August 4, 2022
Elizabeth L. Hillman, the president of Mills College, will take over from Alice M. Greenwald, who announced in December that she planned to depart. Source: New York Times
Jackie Robinson Museum Focuses on Civils Rights and Baseball
By Gotham Rex on July 26, 2022
Robinson accomplished a great deal on the field, but a museum celebrating his life — that will have a ribbon-cutting this week — puts as much focus on his civil rights work. Source: New York Times
Jerome M. Eisenberg, Expert on Antiquities Both Real and Fake, Dies at 92
By Gotham Rex on July 14, 2022
He saw himself as a leader in promoting the ethical acquisition of ancient art by museums and collectors, although he also called himself “both an idealist and a hypocrite.” Source: New York Times
Barbara Kruger: A Way With Words
By Gotham Rex on July 14, 2022
She created some of the most memorable works of her era. Now the activist-artist is back with two immersive shows, at MoMA and David Zwirner Gallery. Source: New York Times
Director of the Guggenheim to Step Down
By Gotham Rex on July 8, 2022
Richard Armstrong, whose 14-year tenure was shaped by staff complaints of racism, labor issues and a public outcry over a planned offshoot in Abu Dhabi, said he will leave the museum in 2023. Source: New York Times
Daniel Weiss, Met Museum’s Chief Executive, to Step Down
By Gotham Rex on June 28, 2022
Daniel H. Weiss was a stabilizing force, but his departure raises questions about whether the museum’s two-pronged management structure still works and will continue. Source: New York Times
How Paintings Lost in a Small-Town Art Heist Were Recovered 50 Years Later
By Gotham Rex on June 20, 2022
Two sleuths — a curator and a librarian — in New Paltz, N.Y., helped the F.B.I. track down 200-year-old paintings that were stolen from a historical society in 1972. Source: New York Times
DeSantis Event at Chelsea Piers Faces Backlash Over L.G.B.T.Q. Rights
By Gotham Rex on June 11, 2022
The Florida governor who signed the so-called Don’t Say Gay bill is scheduled to speak at a site long connected to the gay rights movement. Source: New York Times
New MoMA PS1 Director Resigns
By Gotham Rex on June 10, 2022
Kate Fowle, who arrived in 2019, said she would step down in July from the Long Island City museum. She offered no reason for her abrupt departure. Source: New York Times
Manhattan’s New Green Space Was J.P. Morgan’s Side Yard
By Gotham Rex on June 10, 2022
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates the restoration of a McKim building and unveils a garden with classical sculptures from the financier’s collection. Source: New York Times