James Rondeau will return as director of the Art Institute of Chicago following reviews that he had undressed on a aircraft to Germany. CBS Information first reported the information on Thursday.
Rondeau had taken a voluntary go away from the museum’s high submit, which he has held since 2016. Based on CBS, he’ll resume his function on Monday.
“Board management of the Artwork Institute of Chicago has carried out an unbiased investigation of this incident and is assured in James Rondeau’s management and talent to proceed because the President and Director of the museum,” the establishment stated in a press release.
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CBS beforehand reported that the investigation arose from an incident that occurred on a aircraft from Chicago to Munich in April. It stated that police had been “referred to as to the aircraft following reviews of a passenger stripping off his garments.” The passenger was reportedly Rondeau, who “drank alcohol and took prescription remedy.”
In a press release of his personal, Rondeau stated, “I deeply remorse this incident and the affect it has had on the museum and on my colleagues. I’ve devoted the previous 27 years of my skilled profession to the Artwork Institute and I’m grateful to have the chance to proceed furthering its mission.”
He first joined the museum in 1998 as an affiliate curator of latest artwork, rising to chair of that curatorial division in 2004 and taking the reins on the museum in 2016. His achievements as director embrace gaining a $75 million donation from Aaron I. Fleischman and Lin Lougheed final yr in help of an growth for the Nineteenth-century artwork galleries.
