Maier Museum Official Resigns Over Possible Art Sales

Ellen Agnew, associate director of the Maier Museum of Randolph College (formerly Randolph-Macon Woman’s College), leaves over differences with the school”s administration regarding possible deaccessions to raise money for the endowment.
Christa Desrets of the Lynchburg, VA, News & Advance, reports:
Randolph Interim President Ginger Worden said in a May interview that she hopes to raise the money without having to sell any pieces outright, such as by partnering with institutions that would “share” the collection. But if that doesn’t work, she said, the school would consider the sale of select pieces of art.
She hoped for a decision on the matter by the end of the summer, she said in May.
Here’s what Agnew says:
What it comes down to is: the sale of art is wrong.