Re-accreditation work may scuttle ‘unorthodox’ birthday gift to Orlando Museum of Art

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Re-accreditation work may scuttle ‘unorthodox’ birthday gift to Orlando Museum of Art

Friends of American Art members want to give a painting to Orlando Museum of Art as a present for its 100th birthday. But from the museum’s perspective, it may be the wrong gift at the wrong time. Eric Hornbacher, president of Friends of American Art, says it would be a shame to let the painting pass by, but OMA executive director Cathryn Mattson says the museum can’t acquire any artwork at the moment, particularly artwork that didn’t follow pro…