now I know where my membership money goes….

Aug. 10 (Bloomberg) — Glenn D. Lowry earned $1.32 million in pay and benefits running New York’s Museum of Modern Art in the year ending in June, down from $1.95 million the year before, as the museum cut costs amid the recession. – Bloomber.com article

I have to agree with this current director being a good one. The MoMA never disappoints, always has a good rotation of different work, and I has been expanding its arsenal… But I never thought the salaries were so high! Nonetheless, this is a interesting article looking into this part of the artworld I never thought about. Read the Bloomberg.com article here.

Here’s another one, this one from Ben Davis of artnet.com, talking about ‘the museum bubble’, pay-cuts, salaries, recession and art.

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Richard Serra at MoMA’s garden.

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The MET.

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The Guggenheim.