Scott Gutterman, deputy director of the Neue Galerie, soothes my two worries—over why the image of the museum’s star acquisition, Klimt‘s “Adele Bloch-Bauer I,” has vanished from its website, and why the Nazi-era provenance for Neue Galerie’s collection has still not been posted:
“Adele I” is off of our homepage so that we can post information about our next exhibition, “Josef Hoffmann: Interiors, 1902-1913.” The piece is on permanent display and has been formally acquired.
The “Adele” image will be added to the “Past Exhibitions” part of our site, as well as to the “Collections” part. We are in transition, now that the Klimt show has ended and Hoffmann is being being prepared. Everything should be fully updated by the time our Hoffmann show opens on November 2.
As for the provenance information posting, we have had further technical issues, but are planning what we hope will be a final review of the revised website this Thursday, and will post thereafter.
Can someone please find them a good webmaster? A review of the financial ups and downs of Ronald Lauder, whose money bought “Adele” for the Neue Galerie, appeared here, in yesterday’s NY Times.