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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has privately apologized to influential black artist Glenn Ligon after the Met used his art without permission in a social media post and an e-mail to patrons in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Ligon posted the offending e-mail that was sent from Met director Max Hollein to Friends of …
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has privately apologized to influential black artist Glenn Ligon after the Met used his art without permission in a social media post and an e-mail to patrons in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
Ligon posted the offending e-mail that was sent from Met director Max Hollein to Friends of the Met with the comment: “I know it’s #nationalreachouttoblackfolksweek but could y’all just stop … Or ask me first? Or apologize when you f–k it up?”
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art also used an image of Ligon’s work on social media, then issued not one but two apologies.
Hollein told the New York Times that he personally apologized to Ligon. The Ligon work that the Met posted artistically incorporates quotes from Zora Neale Hurston and Ralph Ellison.
One museums specialist, Adrianne Russell, commented on Twitter of cultural institutions’ posts overall, “I wish museums would just be quiet unless they’re going to tell the truth.”
