DETROIT (MICHIGAN)
Thomas Krens
Mail harassment?
Thomas Krens' office at the Guggenheim Museum sent a letter to Detroit’s Museum of New Art telling them they would no longer accept any further press-packets or museum news.
“Take us off your list immediately,” ordered Diane Dewey, of the Guggenheim, to Detroit’s Museum of New Art. “Should you not comply, any further mailings will be returned unopened and will be considered a breach of our rights.”
The Guggenheim’s reason for rejecting the mail is that it is not “germane to use geographically, nor in relation to our mission or interests.”
Why the hostility towards one museum from another and why such offense over common publicity mailing? Jef Bourgeau, director of the MONA, could only shake his head.
“When is a museum not a museum,” he posed. “When it’s a global conglomerate? Or to quote Ms. Dewey, when it is geographically irrelevant? What does that even mean? And when did we begin to draw such polarizing lines in the artworld?”
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Detroit Museum of New Art (MONA)
Dear Jef Bourgeau,
We have received the Museum of New Art mailings for about a year and have become aware that they are not germane to us geographically, nor in relation to our mission or interests.
We kindly ask that you take us off your mailing list immediately. You will notice that any further mailing we receive from you will be returned unopened should you not comply. We would consider continued receipt of mailings to be a breach of our rights and wishes. Please be respectful enough to observe this request.
We appreciate your cooperation,
Sincerely,
Diane Dewey
Directors Office - Thomas Krens
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