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 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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