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April 5, 2008
Museum Director Arnold Lehman Doth Protest Too Much
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
This a summary of coverage of the protest against the Brooklyn Museum of Art's honoring of Bruce Ratner. Also included, however, are some observations that give us reason to be skeptical of an innocent-sounding quote from Brooklyn Museum Director Arnold Lehman:
"Honoring Bruce Ratner has nothing to do with anything other than his terrific patronage over a very long period of time. ... We're not involved in the politics that seems to be swirling around us.''
Lehman is conveniently forgetting the Ratner-connected folks on the Museum's board, the Brooklyn Ball committees and Museum's hosting of the Forest City Ratner/Barclays gala press event announcing the $400 million arena naming rights deal.
Click on the link to get all the details.
Posted by steve at April 5, 2008 8:49 AM