US EditionDavid A. Ross Resigns From School of Visual Arts After Ties to Jeffrey Epstein Surface
Ross resigned after revelations of his extensive email exchanges with Epstein, including discussions about minors and exhibitions, sparking calls from SVA community to cut ties.
- On Tuesday, David A. Ross resigned from his post as chair of SVA's MFA Art Practice program after ARTnews reported his appearances in newly released Jeffrey Epstein files from the DOJ.
- The DOJ's Friday release of more than 3 million pages revealed correspondence involving Jeffrey Epstein, prompting SVA students and alumni to call for severing ties with David A. Ross.
- In the October 2009 email exchange, Ross replied: `You are incredible` and noted Shields posed nude at age 10, while discussing Epstein's proposed exhibition involving minors aged 14-25.
- SVA confirmed it has accepted Mr. Ross's resignation effective immediately, and his SVA online faculty page was offline Wednesday, ending his tenure as MFA chair since 2009.
- The resignation follows a wave of revelations linking Jeffrey Epstein to arts and academic figures, while artist Jeff Koons confirmed to Hyperallergic this week that he attended an Epstein dinner, intensifying scrutiny of institutions in the arts and higher education.
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David A. Ross resigns from School of Visual Arts after ties to Jeffrey Epstein surface
David A. Ross has resigned from the School of Visual Arts in New York after documents revealed his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
David A. Ross Resigns From School of Visual Arts After Epstein Revelations
David A. Ross, chair of the School of Visual Arts (SVA) MFA Art Practice Department for 17 years, has resigned from his post following the Department of Justice's release of his extensive email exchanges with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Much of the newly revealed correspondence dates from the period during and years after Epstein’s conviction, including an email from January 2015 in which Ross stated that he was “still proud” to call …
School of Visual Arts Chair David A. Ross Resigns Over Ties to Epstein
David A. Ross has stepped down as chair of the master’s degree program in art practice at the School of Visual Arts in New York following the revelation of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The resignation comes after Artnews published his correspondence with the convicted pedophile, who committed suicide in a Manhattan prison in 2019 […]
New York School of Visual Arts chair resigns due to Epstein ties
School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York City, 2021. Courtesy ajay_suresh/CC BY 2.0 Writer and curator David Ross has resigned from his role as chair of the MFA Art Practice program at New York’s School of Visual Arts (SVA) after it was revealed that he featured several times in the latest release of the Epstein files. The SVA has accepted his resignation effective immediately. Documents released in January by the American Department of Justice r…
SVA Chair David A. Ross Resigns After Epstein Files Reveal Ties: ‘I’m Still Proud to Call You a Friend’
David A. Ross, a writer and curator who led museums nationwide, resigned on Tuesday from his position as chair of the MFA art practice program at New York’s School of Visual Arts (SVA), a post he had held since 2009, after ARTnews revealed that he makes a number of appearances in the newly released files related to Jeffrey Epstein. The tranche of documents was released by the Justice Department in January as part of the ongoing publication of …
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