>(The Charmed) Ann Mintz writes:
 
>When I tell people I work in a museum, the response is likely to be interest,
>or wistfulness (I always wanted to be a.....), or (sometimes vague) enthusiasm.
>Off hand, I can't recall many negative reactions in almost 25 years.
>Am I living a charmed life?
 
I have to admit I tend to think in terms of art museums when I say I have
to defend them. Of course, I was watching a rerun of Murphy Brown when
I wrote that where she confronts some particularly vile art world types
who are, unfortunately, not unknown in these parts. They still haven't
gotten over Morley Safer.
 
Robbin Murphy
NYU/Museum Studies
Managing Editor, ArtNet (the friendly art BBS)
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