THE MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS AND A HISTORICAL MOMENT
THE MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS AND A HISTORICAL MOMENT By Bernard Bujold - The newspaper LE DEVOIR publishes an excellent editorial (Friday, July 17, 2020) that is a comprehensive look at the dramatic and historical situation that is currently unfolding at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the editor of the newspaper is right when he writes that "... The case could be summed up by an executive director who was leading the way against a backdrop of a toxic climate and a chairman of the board who wanted to lead the way beyond it...". The debate is totally polarized, and while several employees seem to be on the side of the Board of Directors; the general public, the Museum's user members (subscribers) and several leaders of other museums in Quebec and France seem to be unanimous and united in their support for the fired Director, Nathalie Bondil. Several directors of the major museums in France officially take a stan...