ex-’jasper’-ating!
president obama may be in the white house but things for the ‘intellectual elites’ continue to get worse. brandeis university announced that it would be closing the world famous rose art gallery and selling off the world renowned art collection of over 6,000 pieces to cover increasing budget gaps caused by a faltering economy and investments with ponzi scheme artist bernard madoff. the collection includes works from art giants like robert rauschenberg, jasper johns, and roy lichtenstein, and is believed to be worth close to $400M.
when asked for his reaction to the planned sale, johns said “i find it astonishing. i’ve never heard anything like it.” the gallery’s director, michael rush, found about about the sale on monday and said “i was shocked. i’m still shocked. i feel horrible. it’s a sad time for art and for the art world.”
photo courtesy of cliff1066
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