American Museums Are Taking Advantage of Relaxed Rules to Sell More Than $100 Million of Art at Auction This Season

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05 October 2020, USA

During the height of lockdown in April, the the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD)—a leading professional organization that represents museums across North America—loosened its guidelines on how members could use the proceeds of art sold from their collections. Now, a number of institutions are coming out of the woodwork to take advantage of the relaxed rules—including a high-profile sell-off at the Baltimore Museum of Art that represents the most liberal interpretation of the new policy yet.

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