Comments on: The Biggest Art Stories of the Year http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2007/12/27/the_biggest_art_stories_of_the/ Reflections on art and architecture by TIME critic Richard Lacayo. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:06:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: DM http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2007/12/27/the_biggest_art_stories_of_the/comment-page-1/#comment-191 DM Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:38:13 +0000 http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2007/12/27/the_biggest_art_stories_of_the/#comment-191 Your jab at the Albright-Knox lacks context. The Albright-Knox is a museum of _contemporary_ art. They sold part of their small collection of _antiquities_. They never were a museum of antiquities, and the antiquities were sold to provide funding for purchases of contemporary pieces. There were complexities, of course, both in how it was done (not exactly with transparency) and how it was received (a few vocal "keep the museum looking like our attics" types made a lot of noise). A reader not familiar with the situation could reasonably conclude that they were selling off their mission-related collection, but this would be completely false. Your jab at the Albright-Knox lacks context.

The Albright-Knox is a museum of _contemporary_ art.

They sold part of their small collection of _antiquities_. They never were a museum of antiquities, and the antiquities were sold to provide funding for purchases of contemporary pieces.

There were complexities, of course, both in how it was done (not exactly with transparency) and how it was received (a few vocal "keep the museum looking like our attics" types made a lot of noise).

A reader not familiar with the situation could reasonably conclude that they were selling off their mission-related collection, but this would be completely false.

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