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April 4, 2008
Protesting Ratner’s honor
The Brooklyn Paper, Editorial
In a perfect world, arts institutions would not have to go begging — or, worse, risk the appearance of impropriety by courting donations from controversial figures accused of not caring about the interest of the broader community.
So while we understand the Brooklyn Museum’s motivation in honoring Ratner, we are equally cognizant of why so many Brooklynites — many of them museum members — were picketing the institution on Thursday night.
Read the rest of the editorial for the litany of reasons why Bruce Ratner's good-neighbor credentials have been revoked by the community, causing Brooklyn Museum members' heads to spin when they found out that the cultural institution was not only sucking up to, but also honoring, the deep-pocketed developer.
Posted by lumi at April 4, 2008 6:20 AM