An attorney representing two retired Valparaiso University professors with long standing relationships with the university’s Brauer Museum of Art agreed to drop a request for a temporary restraining order to stop the sale of three cornerstone pieces of artwork after learning during a Tuesday court hearing that sale of the artwork is not imminent.
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
Court documents are expected to be filed in Porter County on Monday against Valparaiso University and its president, Jose Padilla, in an attempt to stop the sale of artwork from the university’s Brauer Museum of Art in violation of the trust that provided it to raise funds for the renovation of dorms for first-year students.
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.