By Hilton Kramer 9/13/99 12:00am

Malcolm Rogers Talks Smugly After Boston Massacre

As the saga of what has come to be called “the Boston Massacre”-the upheaval that has overtaken Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts in the wake of a radical “restructuring” of its curatorial departments and the abrupt dismissal of 18 members of the museum staff-continues to unfold, more details are coming to light about the sheer Read More

By Hilton Kramer 8/23/99 12:00am

Now Banned in Boston: A Decent Art Museum

Nothing is more ominous in the museum world today than announcements of grandiose bureaucratic ambitions for expansion, restructuring and–the worst malediction of all–some overreaching Strategic Plan in capital letters. For current fashions in museology all tend to subordinate esthetic distinctions to a variety of extra-artistic imperatives–political, social, commercial, administrative or some unholy combination of all Read More