Why did Thomas Campbell leave the Met?
Along the way, whatever is going on among the board members about who’s up and who’s down, Tom obviously lost enough support there and he obviously lost curatorial support—the curators run the whole culture. And because he wasn’t a good manager, they urged him to leave and he resigned and that’s the story.”
How much is the Met collection worth?
$2.5 billion
As Vanity Fair noted last year, the Met is the largest art museum in America and has an endowment of $2.5 billion.
Where is Thomas Campbell now?
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Campbell, who served as director and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art between 2009 and 2017 and who currently serves as director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, posted a lengthly caption on Instagram outlining his issues with the Met’s hypothetical use of the deaccessioning strategy.
Who funds the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
the City of New York
In fiscal year 2015, the Museum received more than $27 million in total funding from the City of New York for operating support and energy costs; City funding remains vital to the daily operations of the Museum.
Where does Thomas Campbell live?
San Francisco
Personal life. Campbell is married and lives in San Francisco. He and his wife Phoebe have a son and daughter.
How much is the MoMA worth?
A private non-profit organization, MoMA is the seventh-largest U.S. museum by budget; its annual revenue is about $145 million (none of which is profit). In 2011, the museum reported net assets (basically, a total of all the resources it has on its books, except the value of the art) of just over $1 billion.
Is The Met supported by taxes?
The Met’s endowment draw is tax-free. It pays no capital gains taxes. These exemptions have cost billions of dollars. The Met is arguably America’s biggest tax-subsidy museum beneficiary.
Who is Tom Campbell?
Thomas John Campbell (born August 14, 1952) is an American academic, educator, and politician. He is a Professor of Law at the Dale E. Fowler School of Law, and a professor of economics at the George Argyros School of Business and Economics, at Chapman University, in Orange, California.
How much does the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art make?
$764,093
Images courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Meanwhile, for Max Hollein, the director who took the helm at the start of the 2019, the tax filing lists total compensation of $764,093 for six months of work.