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    contact: Carolyn Mandelker 914-242-0010 ext. 101


    cmandelker@harrison-edwardspr.com



    A joint statement by Dr. Tracy Fitzpatrick, Director of the Neuberger Museum of Art,
    Purchase College, SUNY, and Thomas J. Schwarz, President Purchase College, SUNY
    regarding the opening of When Modern Was Contemporary: Selections from the Roy R.
    Neuberger Collection, at the Mississippi Museum of Art:

    Dr. Tracy Fitzpatrick: At the Neuberger Museum of Art, we are delighted that the
    residents of Mississippi will be afforded the extraordinary opportunity to view works by
    some of Americas most important 20th century artists from our collection in When
    Modern Was Contemporary: Selections from the Roy R. Neuberger Collection. This
    exhibition reflects the ways in which our founding patron, Roy R. Neuberger, supported
    living artists irrespective of their backgrounds and beliefs, and valued open dialogue
    through a mix of ideas even those that were controversial and unpopular, an approach
    that is in opposition to Mississippis new, sweeping, discriminatory anti-gay and
    transgender legislation.

    As an academic art museum our role is to educate diverse audiences in and through the
    visual arts by presenting a variety of media and cultural perspectives, and works by
    artists from diverse backgrounds and convictions. While I hope that the presence of the
    works by such a diverse group of artists in When Modern Was Contemporary will help
    create dialogue around these issues, in view of Mississippis new discriminatory law it is
    with great regret that I must decline the Mississippi Museum of Arts kind invitation to
    celebrate with them on the occasion of the opening of the Neuberger exhibition.

    In keeping with its values, the Neuberger Museum hopes that its newly opened
    exhibition, Louise Fishman: A Retrospective, will also contribute to this dialogue in a
    meaningful way. The exhibition is the first career survey of this important American
    artist who has long fought for the meaningful recognition that we believe has eluded
    her and many women artists because of sexism and anti-gay bias. Hopefully, both the
    Louise Fishman exhibition and When Modern Was Contemporary will stimulate
    comment and thoughtful dialogue as many in the nation struggle to achieve a greater
    climate of acceptance and equality. Many of the programs associated with the Louise
    Fishman exhibition will focus on LGBTQ issues.

    Purchase College President, Thomas J. Schwarz:


    Purchase College, as an inclusive and diverse community, stands with Governor
    Cuomo, the American Association of Museum Directors, and the American

    Association of Academic Art Museums and Galleries, in denouncing this law. We


    strongly support Dr. Fitzpatricks decision to stay in New York rather than attend
    the opening exhibition festivities in Mississippi, as regularly scheduled. This law is
    a step back in time, out of keeping with the values of Purchase College or the
    Museum.

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