sechan19 | The Ever-Evolving Debate About Museum Ethics (Reply)

There was an intriguing article today about the Hammer Museum's selling of a notebook by Leonardo da Vinci to keep the museum operating at a world-class level. Apparently, it's frowned upon to use funds from the sale of museum goods for anything other than the purchase of more museum goods. The Hammer has escaped the prohibitions against such actions because of its flawed origins, and the desperate need of currency to operate that surrounded them, but its method of operating, producing exhibitions, and presenting educational programing through the grace of these funds may have opened the door onto the debate of how viable age-old museum traditions are in the changing world of the contemporary art market. This is a great article that offers yet another view of the many facets of museum work.

The Da Vinci Codex Versus the Museum Code (LA Times)