I can’t believe that it’s been more than a year since my last posting on this topic. I guess I got distracted by other tasks….
Read MoreThe next time you enter the Grand Lobby of the museum, make sure you cast your eyes upwards. In one of the openings in the…
Read MoreThe search for an object to purchase in honor of the soon-to-be-retired Curator of Asian Art began more than eight months before I arrived at…
Read MoreArmed with the “wish list” and approximate budget I described in my previous entries, the team of curators and trustees who were interested in finding…
Read MoreI have been discussing the process of acquiring a new masterpiece for the collection, and in my first installment, I introduced the object, a bronze…
Read MoreLast time I wrote about how we happened to have the money and the initiative to look for a major new acquisition for the Asian…
Read MoreIn my previous entry, I introduced a wonderful object, an Indian bronze of Shiva from the tenth century. I am tracing the way that this…
Read MoreI have been an art museum curator for almost eight years now, and I can tell you that the one aspect of my job that…
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