Is there some new antitrust ruling I’m unaware of, which says that museums in the same city can’t collude with each other in scheduling exhibition press previews? Yesterday, I had to miss the American Museum of Natural History’s new Hall of Human Origins because I felt it was more important for CultureGrrl (but not for Lee Rosenbaum, who grew up loving AMNH) to see Reverón at the Museum of Modern Art. (Yes, I technically could have scurried to both, but I’m not that nimble.)
On Feb. 20, there are dueling press previews for Jeff Wall at MoMA and Gordon Matta-Clark at the Whitney.
This never used to happen, but it’s occurring more and more lately. I know that museums are competitive, but this is ridiculous. Coordination, please.