“Beginning next month, the museum will do away with traditional departments like Egyptian art, African art and European painting and instead create two ‘teams,’ one for collections and one for exhibitions. Arnold L. Lehman, the museum’s director, said in an interview that the changes were intended to make the museum’s relatively small curatorial staff more efficient and to encourage curators to exchange ideas more freely. But some curators see the changes as a way of diminishing their traditional power to conceive, propose and organize exhibitions.”
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One Man’s Ordeal Over Broken Vases
“In January, Nick Flynn was caught on camera as he fell down a staircase at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, smashing three 17th-century vases worth an estimated £500,000. He blamed an untied shoelace, but the authorities weren’t so sure. Then on Tuesday, police said they would not press charges.” Still, it’s been a six-month ordeal…