The Gillman/Green Dialogue

I promised to “dissect” this conversation, but there’s not much to sink my scalpel into. Derek Gillman, recently named to lead the Barnes Foundation, does (sort of) pledge not to sell any of the art. Strangely, he gives more weight to Albert Barnes‘ first thoughts about his collection than his explicitly delineated last written words on the subject—that nothing be moved. When it comes to bequests, it’s usually the last words that count (unless overturned by a court ruling, as was the unfortunate case here).
We’ll just have to wait and post after Gillman assumes his post, on Oct. 16.