This is unreal
Originally posted at Eclectablog.
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“This is unprecedented in my experience,” he said. “It seems reckless to even consider liquidating these public assets.”
That's Maxwell Anderson, director of the Dallas Museum of Art, one of the country’s most highly regarded museum directors talking about the sale of the Detroit Institute of Arts' priceless art collection. Despite the fact that many people thought even contemplating liquidating their collection to pay Detroit's creditors, many of whom are banks, the opposite is actually true: