OpinionJournal - Leisure & Arts

This line strikes a chord. What is the effect of recruiting wealthy business leaders for non- profit boards whom have little knowledge of the aesthetic value of art to a community? It seems clear that the Eakins sale might be the result of a cold bottom line approach to culture. The same economic model that has given such a huge profit to Wal Mart. Are trustees stewards or profiteers?

OpinionJournal - Leisure & Arts: "Nor are they the property of the trustees, who are meant to hold them in trust for the people of Buffalo, but who now show that they cannot be trusted."