New York Museums Fight to Push Back Deaccessioning Bill

While the debate continues over whether or not the Orange County Museum of Art handled themselves properly with their recent sale of a batch of paintings, the deaccessioning conversation has flared up again on the other coast, finding New York-based museums attempting to fight back a bill making its way through the state government that would regulate art sales used to help make ends meet. The passing of the bill would make it much more difficult sell off pieces of collections to anyone other than other museums or organizations who would keep the art available to the public.