Fisk lost a bid to remove one obstacle to the art sale last week when a judge ruled that the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum can remain involved in the lawsuit over the collection.
The Santa Fe, N.M., museum wants the judge to strike down the Crystal Bridges deal because of O’Keeffe’s wishes that the collection not be sold. The museum claims the school is also violating a condition that the collection be actively displayed. Fisk put the art into storage in 2005 when it concluded that displaying it could damage the pieces.
Bredesen, who has said Fisk has agreed to a bad deal with the Crystal Bridges museum, said he hopes the school is able to find a way out of its financial troubles.
“I would love to see Fisk be made more stable, I think there is a function for it to fulfill,” he said. “There are historically Black colleges that are doing fine today.
“Fisk has just got to find its legs in this matter and get it done.”
—Associated Press
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