James Rondeau, the president and director of the Artwork Institute of Chicago, has taken a voluntary go away from the museum after an incident on board a flight to Germany final month.
Throughout the incident, which occurred on April 18 and was first reported by CBS Information, police have been referred to as to United Airways flight 953 after it landed in Munich from Chicago, following reviews that Rondeau had stripped off his garments. CBS reported that the incident occurred after he drank alcohol and took prescription medicine.
A spokeswoman for the Artwork Institute on Saturday confirmed that the report was correct and that Rondeau had taken a go away from work. In an announcement, the museum stated: “The Artwork Institute takes this very critically and has opened an unbiased investigation into the incident to assemble all accessible data.”
Rondeau didn’t reply to requests for remark.
Based in 1879, the Artwork Institute is likely one of the nation’s main museums, with an working price range of $120 million and a full-time workers of about 600. Guests come from all around the world to view its masterpieces, together with George Seurat’s, “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte,” Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks,” Paul Cézanne’s “The Bathers” and “The Bedroom” by Vincent van Gogh.
Final fall, the museum announced a $75 million reward from Aaron I. Fleischman, a trustee, and his associate, Lin Lougheed, to assist new galleries in late-Nineteenth-century, trendy and modern artwork.
Rondeau — whose complete compensation is greater than $1 million, in response to the latest tax information — was appointed in 2016, after serving because the Institute’s chairman and curator of recent and modern artwork. He has been a number one proponent of integrating works by ladies and artists of colour into the gathering.
“This selection and steadiness is core to our mission,” Rondeau told The Instances in 2022. “We’re capable of leverage extra established names whereas introducing new work and offering a extra expansive view about modern artwork.”
