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For museum executives, the dirty secret of expansions has been that they are often motivated by the need to have some exciting new thing to rally board members and interest potential patrons. These institutions depend heavily on rich people to fund them. Those rich people like to pay for flashy new buildings; no one wants to donate to boring old museum upkeep. — NYT
Ben Davis regarding the challenge caused by the glamour of capital vs operational projects and funding. Or why we're building new museum buildings and simultaneously laying off museum workers. h/t @Donna Sink View full entry
