And Now, an Exhibition From Our Sponsor
August 24, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times
People admiring Thomas Moran’s tranquil “View of Fairmont Waterworks, Philadelphia” (from about 1860) or Childe Hassam’s bucolic “Old House and Garden, East Hampton” (1917) in the show on American Impressionism at the Millennium Gate Museum in Atlanta this summer might be surprised to learn the identity of the curator: Bank of America.
Keep reading this article at the New York Times. Very interesting… About the arguments for and against museums accepting to host exhibitions organized by curators from large banks. It reminds me a bit of the argument that exploded when the King Tut exhibition went to LACMA a few years ago.