密歇根新闻广播 DIA真得要卖掉梵高的画吗?

 

It's a question that will attract more attention than it might have before Detroit's bankruptcy¹ raised the spectre of selling off the Detroit Institute of Artscollection to help pay down the city's crushing debt.

Fortunately, the DIA survived unscathed, thanks to $100 million raised by long-time donors².

Detroit News columnist³ Laura Berman has now learned that the art world is quietly talking about the possibility that the DIA is fixing to sell one of its Van Goghs.

During the bankruptcy, we heard howls of protest from DIA officials like Graham Beal and Annemarie Erickson that selling art would destroy the museum and its reputation.

Then why is suddenly OK to sell?

Berman says selling art to acquire other art is a common practice in the world of art museums that is well within the purview⁴ of museum ethics⁵, but director Beal stopped it bankruptcy in order to prevent confusion.

Berman says despite considering the possibility, Graham Beal has categorically denied the auction⁶ of the item. She says Beal will likely leave the responsibility of bringing the DIA back into the business of art acquisition to his successor.

After being out of the loop for so long, the DIA faces growing pains as it re-enters the art auction market. But this is all good news because, as Berman puts it, 'the museum is back to being a museum'.

1 bankruptcy   

n.破产；无偿付能力

参考例句：

• You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
• His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

2 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

4 purview   

n.范围；眼界

参考例句：

• These are questions that lie outside the purview of our inquiry.这些都不是属于我们调查范围的问题。
• That,however,was beyond the purview of the court;it was a diplomatic matter.但是，那已不在法庭权限之内；那是个外交问题。

5 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

6 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。