Trust me this guy has no respect for our community. I heard him very loud and clearly diss our community at a luncheon at the AKAG when he said the only people complaining about the wholesale sell off of the AKAG art treasures were " ... people from Tonawanda." LG should, perhaps, keep his mouth shut while dining at the garden cafe...
See, this guy really is new to the area: It's the people from North Tonawanda that were complaining.
The auction was wildly successful from a financial standpoint; you can't argue that he put the museum at financial risk. That's no small feat in a town with limited budget and without many big name donors. Under his direction the museum has also been doing a good job of attracting the next generation of A-K users/members. Events like Gusto at the Gallery have connected a younger generation of patrons that will likely result in more memberships as time goes on. Before Grachos I went to the museum often, but my perception was that membership was something that old guard Buffalonians did, with the exception of some suburban yuppies.
Yes, LivingForge, and next to each artwork will be a tasteful pastel pad on which to write in your bid.
P.S., Paws off! That Cy Twombly's mine!
Leadership lives with criticism, but lumbers on in spite. Suck it Oak. When Louis goes off to Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona or the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles everyone will whine about what we lost. Enjoy it while we got it and again suck it Oak.
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