Where Is AAMD In The Great Barnes Debate?

This week, a judge will finally rule on whether or not the Barnes Foundation may break the rules laid down by its founder, and move the famed collection to Philadelphia in an attempt to stabilize its financial situation. But isn’t a key voice missing from the discussion? “[T]he move has generated a good deal of commentary. Except from the one corner of the art world that, given the issues at stake, you would have most expected to hear from: the Association of Art Museum Directors… By sitting on the sidelines in the Barnes debate, AAMD is gravely damaging its moral authority.”