A.A.M.D.

“There were rumors and press coverage, and we decided we have a responsibility to this association and to our other members to make sure it was legal,” says Mimi Gaudieri, the executive director of the A.A.M.D. Krens did not produce the necessary documentation; rather, he got an associate to contact the A.A.M.D. saying the museum had done nothing wrong.

A House Divided Ward, Vicky 2005

“There were rumors and press coverage, and we decided we have a responsibility to this association and to our other members to make sure it was legal,” says Mimi Gaudieri, the executive director of the A.A.M.D. Krens did not produce the necessary documentation; rather, he got an associate to contact the A.A.M.D. saying the museum had done nothing wrong.

A House Divided Ward, Vicky 2005

Finally, several months after the initial request, the A.A.M.D. got the documents, which showed that although most of the money had not yet been spent on new art, it was sitting in a fund that could be used for that purpose in the future.

A House Divided Ward, Vicky 2005

Finally, several months after the initial request, the A.A.M.D. got the documents, which showed that although most of the money had not yet been spent on new art, it was sitting in a fund that could be used for that purpose in the future.

A House Divided Ward, Vicky 2005

Maxwell Anderson, then the president of the Association of Art Museum Directors (and also the then director of the Whitney), wrote to Krens, asking for proof that the Guggenheim was abiding by the Association of Art Museum Directors (A.A.M.D.) code, which stipulates that art can be sold only to buy other art.

A House Divided Ward, Vicky 2005

Maxwell Anderson, then the president of the Association of Art Museum Directors (and also the then director of the Whitney), wrote to Krens, asking for proof that the Guggenheim was abiding by the Association of Art Museum Directors (A.A.M.D.) code, which stipulates that art can be sold only to buy other art.

A House Divided Ward, Vicky 2005

We thought it was very important to make that statement, that they had acted improperly, and that A.A.M.D. as an organization did not condone that behavior.

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