Former Baltimore Museum Trustees Decry Institution’s Plans to Sell $65 M. in Art

Former trustees at the Baltimore Museum of Art have called for an investigation into the Maryland institution’s plans to deaccession $65 million in art from its holdings at Sotheby’s this fall. Their claims were voiced in a letter sent to Maryland’s secretary of state John C. Wobensmith and its attorney general Brian E. Frosh on October 14.
Eleven of the 23 signatories of the letter have held positions on the BMA’s board or its acquisition committees. They claim that an i