Richard Armstrong
Kate Taylor gets her scoops the old-fashioned way—by working her sources. In a story posted late today, she fingers Richard Armstrong,
director of the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, as the person whom the
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is expected to name as its next
director, succeeding Tom Krens.
Taylor reports:
Through a spokeswoman at the Carnegie Museum, Mr. Armstrong confirmed that he is in final negotiations with the Guggenheim….Mr. Armstrong, who is 59, has been the director of the Carnegie Museum since 1996. He announced his retirement in June.
Taylor then repeated the same information that I gave you five days ago (here and here) about the possible Final Four in the Metropolitan Museum’s director search, attributing this list to “sources.” Kate had directly credited CultureGrrl in previous articles (here and here). Is there now a no-blog-quoting policy at the paper?
Finally, Taylor buried the important new MoMA apppointment at the end of the article. Could it be that she shares my pique?
UPDATE: Carol Vogel of the NY Times catches up with Taylor, but graciously credits her with the scoop.