The quick shuttering of the Marciano Art Foundation puts a dramatic wrinkle in a wave of museum unionization efforts and raises questions about tax-exempt private collections.
Staffers who had announced their intent to unionize decried the shutdown as an illegal union-busting scheme.
“One might think that the Marcianos have done a valuable community service by opening a museum to share their collection for free with the public,” she said. “But when you see this action you question their humanity and their true commitment to the community.” Toffler draws attention to two issues that are currently top-of-mind in the art industry: The first is the increasing scrutiny of private art showcases such as the Marciano Art Foundation, which allow wealthy collectors to display their art tax-free. The second is the issue of labor in museums, where the disparities between the salaries of those at the top and those at the bottom can be breathtaking.
Whether the Marcianos donated their collection or simply loaned the work to their foundation is unclear. As long as they remain closed, they are not doing that. But the foundation could shift its mission — say, become a nonprofit focused on loaning art to museums, as the Broad Foundation did in its early days.The question then, said Lenkowsky, “is what happens to the assets. ... They will have to make sure that assets will be used for charitable purposes, so they would have to donate the assets to a community foundation.
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