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The advantages of museum philanthropy that builds staff diversity rather than new wings and galleries

  • Written by Lisa M. Strong, Director of the Art and Museum Studies MA Program and Professor of the Practice, Georgetown University
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Retired financier Oscar Tang, along with his wife, Agnes Hsu-Tang, are giving the Metropolitan Museum of Art US$125 million. Their gift, announced in November 2021, will help pay for a long-planned renovation of the New York City museum’s Modern and Contemporary Art wing.

The gift was...

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