Richard Koshalek resigned as director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden this past week, right after the Hirshhorn board’s split vote on the fate of its Seasonal Inflatable Structure…
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On June 30, 1988, Austin Friends of Folk Art was formally incorporated as a 501c3 non-profit organization, complete with bylaws, officers and directors, and a mission to promote public appreciation…
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BlogEssayOp Ed
The Cost of Turnover, or how museums could pay more and spend less
by Claire Ruudby Claire RuudThere’s been a lot of management turnover within top tier Texas museums over the past year. [Quick recap: Just 13 months ago, Simone Wicha replaced Ned Rifkin as Director of…
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(To read Arthouse and the Dallas Contemporary: Crunching the Numbers, Part I, click here.) In 2009, the Austin Museum of Art (AMOA) cancelled its plans for a new building downtown…
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The implosion of the Austin art world has got me thinking about art world power dynamics, as I mentioned last week in my published correspondence with Rachel Cook. The resignation…
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Ned Rifkin, director of the Blanton Museum in Austin and UT prof, is resigning his museum job to focus on research and teaching as of May 31. The footsore Rifkin…