David Ross Complains About Museum Sales, Rose Art Avoids Them (For Now)

The former director of both the Whitney Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, David Ross, has filed his own public letter, his in the Wall Street Journal and concerning the much-recently debated topic of museums selling pieces of their collections to keep their doors open. Ross is tossing his hat onto the side that is totally against it in this regard, claiming that selling causes museums to “lose the public trust” and should only “be done to enhance the collection — not to satisfy bondholders or bank lenders.”

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