Slog - Comments on Why It Matters How the Director of an Art Museum Is Paid http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/why_it_matters_how_the_director_of_an_ar Once during a fellowship with other arts journalists in Washington, D.C., a writer for the Chicago Tribune remarked that what's challenging about arts reporting is finding the other side. The National Endowment for the Arts is not a regulator for the field like, say, the Environmental Protection Agency is for its purview, and there are really no non-governmental organizations regulating the activities of museums. The American Association of Museums and the Association of Art Museum Directors presumably ought to provide checks and balances, but the truth is that they have never been as powerful as the museums themselves. They also... Copyright 2008 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:40:43 -0800 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:55:26 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by littlejilm Isn't it the public's responsibility to monitor the organizations that they hold in trust? Anyone can check the top salaries of non-profit employees. It is public record and easily accessed through GuideStar.com. Does the VP of the United States get paid a salary appropriate to his position? Why are we all pissed off that people who work their asses off for non-profit organizations get paid an appropriate wage? Maybe if we compensate them competitively we can keep them in the field rather than watching all of the talent forced into the private sector. Perhaps the problem isn't with the director's salary but with the lack of oversight on the part of the board. Isn't it their job to make sure that the organization is living up to it's public responsibilities? To make sure the managers are earning their salaries? If you feel someone is not "earning their keep" perhaps you should direct your ire at the people who set those salaries and hire the employees. These "volunteers" have more of a responsibility than cutting checks at black tie galas and getting their name in program or on a wall. I would love to see an article about the true leadership gap rather than yet another misplaced attack on the managers.

]]> littlejilm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/why_it_matters_how_the_director_of_an_ar#c650064 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/why_it_matters_how_the_director_of_an_ar#c650064 Arts Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:55:27 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Why is "fractional donating" even allowed? Tax scam is all it is, so Rockefeller can hold on to more of his unearned wealth.

That Signac is uglier than sin. A "start in the story" of stupid fucking hippie art, maybe. The article says it's not there anymore.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/why_it_matters_how_the_director_of_an_ar#c650070 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/why_it_matters_how_the_director_of_an_ar#c650070 Arts Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:07:40 -0800 Comment by Gitai That's a sexy Cezanne.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/why_it_matters_how_the_director_of_an_ar#c650284 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/why_it_matters_how_the_director_of_an_ar#c650284 Arts Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:18:10 -0800 Comment by gdfather Oh.. dear.. a conflict of interest in the art world??? who would have thunk it. I will say one possitive thing about the Signac.. it is bizarre.. and more cutting edge for it's day than the Cezanne. I wouldn't call it a better painting however.

]]> gdfather http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/why_it_matters_how_the_director_of_an_ar#c650294 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/why_it_matters_how_the_director_of_an_ar#c650294 Arts Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:32:52 -0800 Comment by jonathan Actually, regulation of non-profits usually falls in the province of state attorneys general. So MOMA's regulator in chief is the NY AG. Abuse of non-profit tax status is the IRS's gig.

Now, I wonder ... how many of those curators went to Williams College???

]]> jonathan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/why_it_matters_how_the_director_of_an_ar#c650509 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/why_it_matters_how_the_director_of_an_ar#c650509 Arts Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:21:28 -0800 Comment by jonathan In fact, you'll note, in the NYT story you link, that the information about Lowry came to light after inquiries by the NY AG.

I'll bet they are also looking into payola at the Met.

God-damned Williams art mafia... Incompetent and wracked by cupidity.

]]> jonathan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/why_it_matters_how_the_director_of_an_ar#c650511 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/why_it_matters_how_the_director_of_an_ar#c650511 Arts Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:27:32 -0800 Comment by boo Jen, when you are done with Mathew Kangas, could you write about Josi Callan again? Her salary is even more at EMP than what she was making at MoG because she successfully kissed Paul Allen’s ass. She has been keeping her awful reputation torturing employees, damaging organization, manipulating with favoritism including hiring her friends as directors. Especially one director is an owner of a design firm that EMP contracts with. This is clearly ethically wrong. So many people will appreciate it if you could reveal real stories with Josi Callan to help getting rid of her from the museum world forever.

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