In an interview, Mr. Campbell acknowledged that the museum had “been through a trying year.”“My colleagues have every right to feel upset,” he said. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“We’ve got a whole Modern art collection in the Breuer we didn’t have before,” said Hamilton E. James, a Met trustee. The Museum of Modern Art and the Brooklyn Museum, for example, also recently offered buyouts — though they did not then move to layoffs. PhotoWhile the Met charged Mr. Campbell with strengthening the museum’s Modern and contemporary art activities, his focus on the Met Breuer and new wing has been controversial. Why try to compete with the new Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art, some ask, instead of sticking to what the Met already does best?

Source: New York Times February 04, 2017 18:48 UTC