A lawsuit attempting to block the sale of three pieces of artwork from the Brauer Museum of Art was dismissed by a Porter County Superior Court judge on Thursday.
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Valparaiso University and its president, José Padilla, in a bid to stop the sale of millions of dollars of artwork to fund dorm improvements for first-year students. Sale of the artwork isn’t going forward yet, as the Indiana Attorney General’s Office still has to rule on whether the Percy H. Sloan Trust, which provided directly or indirectly for .
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A judge heard arguments on Wednesday on whether to dismiss a lawsuit attempting to block Valparaiso University from selling three artworks from its museum.
Do Dick Brauer, the namesake of the Brauer Museum at Valparaiso University and its first curator, and Philipp Brockington, a retired university law professor who is one of the museum’s benefactors, have legal standing to stop the sale of the museum’s most valuable artwork so the proceeds can be used to fund dorm renovations? That’s now in the hands of Porter Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Thode. .