DIA's Graham Beal to retire
January 12 2015
Picture: TAN
The Art Newspaper reports that Graham Beal, director of the Detroit Institute for Art, is to retire next year. Beal, of course, recently helped save the DIA from a disastrous disposal to help pay for Detroit's bankruptcy. But that extraordinary achievement was not all he did, says TAN:
During his [16 year] tenure, the British-born director oversaw a sweeping $158m renovation and reinstallation of the collection and put the museum on stable financial footing for the first time in decades. Under his leadership, locals passed an innovative property tax that is due to contribute $23m to the DIA over ten years and attendance has grown more than 90%, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Has there been a more heroic museum director in modern times?
Update - a reader writes:
Is he available to be prime minister?
Better than the current candidates.
Great idea!
