Directores de museu precisam-se

nos EUA, diz o Art Newspaper deste mês:

'There are currently over two dozen major US museums looking for new directors, more than at any time in the past 20 years. Museum professionals think that the number of posts may be difficult to fill especially as fundraising has become such an essential part of the job. The majority of the vacancies are in the Midwest, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker Art Center. The Kimbell Art Museum, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the Blanton Museum of Art, and the Nasher Sculpture Center, all in Texas, are looking for directors. On the West Coast, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the Santa Barbara Art Museum and the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle are searching for chief executives. The Smithsonian Institution is searching for a new chief executive and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia are also looking for new heads.
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Não imagino Dalila Rodrigues num deles, mas não deixava de ser interessante vê-la a ser convidada por uma boa fundação portuguesa ou um bom museu europeu. E a aceitar, uma vez que o Governo parece não a querer. Era uma bela move. Para ela; não para o país. Mas a verdade é que não foi ela que se 'afastou' do cargo de directora do MNAA.

Ler aqui a entrevista da Professora Dalila Rodrigues ao SOL.