The Rose Art Museum To Close Exhibitions May 17

by Art Fag City on May 15, 2009 · 8 comments

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The Rose Museum. Image via: The Boston Globe.

In two days The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis will close their main exhibits, possibly for the last time. Due to financial troubles, the University announced last January it would begin selling art from the museum’s prized collection, irrevocably tranforming the institution. I’ve written a total of thirty four posts on the subject, and yet, I somehow failed to anticipate that I would have to write this one. It feels indescribably sad.


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http://www.gregcookland.com/journal/ Kirk Amaral Snow
Check Greg Cook for updates… Brandeis is scheduled to have new shows opening after the closing of the current exhibition, but key staff are leaving (Michael Rush being the big blow).
http://www.gregcookland.com/journal/ Kirk Amaral Snow
Check Greg Cook for updates… Brandeis is scheduled to have new shows opening after the closing of the current exhibition, but key staff are leaving (Michael Rush being the big blow).
http://www.gregcookland.com/journal/ Kirk Amaral Snow
Check Greg Cook for updates… Brandeis is scheduled to have new shows opening after the closing of the current exhibition, but key staff are leaving (Michael Rush being the big blow).
http://www.gregcookland.com/journal/ Kirk Amaral Snow
Check Greg Cook for updates… Brandeis is scheduled to have new shows opening after the closing of the current exhibition, but key staff are leaving (Michael Rush being the big blow).
http://ericgelberblog.blogspot.com Eric Gelber
It is great that journalists and bloggers covered this story but obviously it didn’t make a difference. When the money disappears things close and end. We can argue endlessly about why it happened or if it had to happen.
http://ericgelberblog.blogspot.com Eric Gelber
It is great that journalists and bloggers covered this story but obviously it didn’t make a difference. When the money disappears things close and end. We can argue endlessly about why it happened or if it had to happen.
J. Longchamps
Back when I lived in Boston, the Rose museum was my go-to place to see breaking artists. They hosted one-person exhibitions of Dana Schutz, Fred Tomaselli, Anri Sala, Yun-Fei Ji, Barry McGee, and Roxy Paine.
These focused exhibits were a great opportunity to be brought up-to-speed on someone who may have just landed on the covers of Artforum and Art in America. Their shows were much more relevant than anything the ICA (Boston) ever assembled.
My favorite Rose Art memory was sitting in a theater listening to Marina Abramovic walk through her entire body of work. What an amazing night-
J. Longchamps
Back when I lived in Boston, the Rose museum was my go-to place to see breaking artists. They hosted one-person exhibitions of Dana Schutz, Fred Tomaselli, Anri Sala, Yun-Fei Ji, Barry McGee, and Roxy Paine.
These focused exhibits were a great opportunity to be brought up-to-speed on someone who may have just landed on the covers of Artforum and Art in America. Their shows were much more relevant than anything the ICA (Boston) ever assembled.
My favorite Rose Art memory was sitting in a theater listening to Marina Abramovic walk through her entire body of work. What an amazing night-