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Gailbraith donated to the Fogg Art Museum and the economics department as well. But he also fought with his more conservative colleagues. After the department rejected the tenure bids of two left-leaning associate professors, Galbraith—who supported the tenure-seekers—circulated a memo calling for the creation of a breakaway branch of the department that would teach "non-conventional" topics, including Marxism. The proposal never took root...
...When the Fogg is closed for renovations, Cooper stresses that the Sackler will display modern and contemporary art alongside other selections from Harvard’s permanent collection...
...situation is similar at the Fogg. The modern collection is strong, including a Jackson Pollack and works by sculptor David Smith, but there are far fewer pieces by artists currently producing work...
...think Harvard resists the unpredictability of living art,” says Linda Norden, associate curator of contemporary art at the Fogg. “I think it embraces the arts as a subject for analysis and appreciation...
...fact that the department was started with virtually no endowed funds. Norden, who is leaving at the end of June, says that she found it “exciting but often frustrating” to do contemporary art in the context of a historical museum such as the Fogg...