Timothy Potts to Take Helm of Getty Museum
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With a new president and CEO, the Getty Trust has hired a new director for the Getty Museum. There's talk about new directions for the world's richest art institution, with an endowment of $5.1 billion. The Getty has lived down its scandal over buying stolen antiquities by restoring priceless objects to their countries of origin, and with tough new policies adopted by other museums nationwide. But both its new leaders are on record saying the restrictions are too tight. What are they saying now? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, global warming and the culture wars.
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More New Blood at the Getty ()
After two years without senior leadership, the Getty Trust is now fully staffed at the top. James Cuno has been President and CEO since last August, and Timothy Potts will become Director of the Getty Museum starting on September 1. Filling that job was what Cuno called his “top priority” when he came on board. He said he wanted a museum director with "an appetite for risk."
Guests:
- James Cuno: Getty Trust
- Jason Felch: Los Angeles Times, @jasonfelch
- Lee Rosenbaum: 'CultureGrrl' blogger, @CultureGrrl
Links:
- Cuno's 'Who Owns Antiquities: Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage'
- Felch's 'Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum'
- Rosenbaum on Potts being named as new director of the Getty Museum
- LA Times on Potts becoming director of Getty Museum
- Felch on antiquities and the Getty, acquisition standards on ancient art
Main Topic
The Heartland Institute, Global Warming and Public Schools ()
Documents leaked last week reveal efforts to cast doubt on climate change with a new curriculum for public schools. Some call it similar to challenging Evolution by pushing Creationism. The Heartland Institute, a libertarian nonprofit group in Chicago, says at least one document supposedly "leaked" last week is a complete fake. But Heartland concedes that others accurately reveal the names of its funders. Is it really about science or public policy?
Guests:
- Darren Samuelsohn: Politico.com, @dsamuelsohn
- Mark McCaffrey: National Center for Science Education, @ncse
- Myron Ebell: Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Anthony Leiserowitz: Yale University, @ecotone2
Links:
- Samuelsohn on the Heartland Institute's 'Denialgate' memos
- Heartland Institute responds to 'stolen and fake documents'
- 'Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming'
- Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)
- National Center for Science Education on climate change denial
- Leiserowitz on 'Global Warming's Six Americas'
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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.
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