Thomas Eakins
After winning Super Bowl bet, Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum will receive Thomas Eakins painting from Philadelphia Museum of Art
The work will go on temporary display in Kansas City by late April
Philadelphianews
Hundreds call for reckoning with American artist Thomas Eakins’s troubling legacy
Eakins, who is celebrated far and wide in his native Philadelphia, was embroiled in controversy during his lifetime and made disturbing photos of young girls
Deaccessioningnews
As a Sotheby’s auction looms, scholars protest Newark Museum of Art’s plan to sell a Thomas Cole painting and other works
In an open letter, they denounce the deaccessioning move as a “senseless monetisation” of art from the permanent collection
Controversiesnews
US university museum announces controversial sell-off
Christie’s sale of 46 works from La Salle collection, by artists such as Matisse and Degas, has angered arts professionals
September 2008archive
Denver Art Museum art-share deal under investigation for breaching deaccessioning guidelines
Billionaire collector was given a half share in a Charles Deas painting in exchange for funding a Thomas Eakins acquisition