Susan Longhenry, director and chief curator at Marquette University’s Haggerty Museum of Art, has been named the next director of the Sheldon Museum of Art.
Last week we talked about Valparaiso University wanting to sell some paintings from its Brauer Museum of Art to fund campus construction projects. Last October, the University’s board of directors gave the president the authority to go forward with the sale, but the idea hasn’t gone down well with supporters of the museum, including much of the university’s faculty. At the end of April, a lawsuit was filed to block the sale.
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Indiana-based Valparaiso University is reportedly hoping to raise $20m with the sale of works by O’Keeffe, Childe Hassam and Frederic Church from its museum’s collection
The Brauer Museum of Art recently opened an exhibit close to museum director Jonathan Canning’s heart and one that inevitably will strike a chord with many people in the Valparaiso University community.