Category Archives: Director

From the Director

October 14, 2009 – 2:25 pm

The hanging of the first work of art in the new building inspires anticipation, and a moment of reflection.

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Let the Countdown Begin!

September 11, 2009 – 12:27 pm

Director Larry Wheeler describes the Museum’s upcoming transformation.

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Green is the Color of Your Art Museum

April 10, 2009 – 9:53 am

It was a thrill to announce to the media on Tuesday that the new 127,000 square foot gallery building will be very energy efficient–well beyond typical engineering standards, which gives us the “green” light to register for LEED certification (I’m hoping it will be at the gold level). In addition to exceptional energy efficiencies, the [...]

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It’s Your Art

February 6, 2009 – 3:06 pm

I arrived in San Diego last week for the semi-annual meeting of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) at the same moment that Brandeis University announced that it was closing its Rose Art Museum and selling the collection to help secure the university’s finances. Barely contained hysteria among the 120 directors there assembled was [...]

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