MassMoCA Postlude: Where Are The Museum’s Rights?

“”What surprised me is this notion that museums as commissioning agents, as patrons of the arts, should simply be willing and ready and able to deal with the art diva, even if his demands arise from nowhere, because they are an expression of passion. It was all ‘the artist has rights’ and we at the museum have ‘responsibilities,’ and we heard very little about the artist’s responsibilities and our rights.”