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...other museum in the greater Boston area can bring these things together for teaching purposes," he asserts, sweeping his arm about the gallery, filled with textiles, enamels, paintings and drawings borrowed from collections from across New England. And on top of this, the Fogg is, according to John Rosenfield, chairman of the department of Fine Arts, "one of the greatest art museums in the world...
...moody, thumbing through racks of paintings in one of the Fogg's storage depots. Over twenty gun-metal grey, ceiling-high, metal-mesh racks line this long, narrow hall on the museum's second floor. They are hung with a "big slice of the cultural history of mankind," as Rosenfield says. And though resonant with a strenuous, discordant mixture of competing styles and periods, none of them can escape a certain loneliness, a quiet desperation when shoved back into their dark recess. Pulling out one rack then another, Slive runs through the depot, lingering over one canvas then passing...
...directors have influenced the Fogg through their efforts as collectors. Slive's efforts will be directed more towards ensuring the well-being of what the museum already has. "His main challenge will be to refurbish the building, to expand it, to make the Fogg's fiscal structure sound," says Rosenfield. "The museum is at a crossroads in this sense...
...except for expanding the Fogg, Slive doesn't see any radical changes in its future. Any change that does occur, moreover, will be made in conjunction with the department of Fine Arts. For Rosenfield, "our priorities aren't in getting things but in using what we have." As he sees it, the Fogg is a great museum and would still be so even if it never acquired another work of art. But the Fogg staff, whose job is, after all, to strengthen their muscum, might tend to see their roles in a more acquisitive light...
...Rosenfield says. "We try to diminish distinctions between the museum and the faculty." He himself is curator of Oriental Art, G.M.A. Hanfmann, John E. Hudson Professor of Archacology, is curator of Ancient Art, and Slive is Gleason Professor of Fine Arts. It's not suprising that the Fogg's director "can't see where there's a conflict between the museum and the department...