大都会博物馆考虑出售艺术品以避免资金短缺。英语读头条（第674期）

The Met Considers Selling Its Art To Stave Off Financial Shortfall

大都会博物馆考虑出售艺术品以解决资金短缺

by NPR / Feb. 22, 2021

Edited and Translated by Ray & Sally

The pandemic is causing The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to consider selling its artwork to cover operational costs as it falls short of $150 million in revenue.

新冠疫情导致纽约大都会艺术博物馆考虑出售其艺术品，以弥补运营成本，因为它的收入不足1.5亿美元。

The country's flagship art museum has still not made a final decision on selling its work.

这家美国的旗舰艺术博物馆仍未就出售其作品做出最终决定。

Museum Director Max Hollein says the Met isn't quite facing an "existential crisis." But he tells Rachel Martin on Morning Edition that the museum's "attendance is of course, way, way below from where we were before the pandemic. And it's going to continue to be that way, even when restrictions are going to be lifted."

博物馆馆长马克斯·霍林说，大都会博物馆并没有面临“生死存亡的危机”，但他告诉《Morning Edition》的记者雷切尔·马丁，博物馆的“参观人数目前远远低于疫情前的水平，而且即使限令取消，也还会持续下去。”

Back in April 2020, the museum had to lay off 81 employees in its customer service and retail departments and sizably cut the salaries of top executives.

在2020年4月，博物馆不得不解聘了81名客户服务和零售部门的员工，并大幅削减了高层管理人员的工资。

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The process of selling artwork, also known as deaccessioning, is regulated by the Association of Art Museum Directors, a professional organization that sets policies and guidelines for art museums across America.

出售艺术品的过程，也被称为出售藏品，由艺术博物馆馆长协会（AAMD）监管，该协会是一个为全美艺术博物馆制定政策和指导方针的专业组织。

deaccessioning：出售藏品

However, last spring the AAMD announced it would relax its guidelines on deaccessioning until April 2022 to allow for museums to keep themselves afloat against the existential threat posed by the pandemic. Previously, money collected from deaccessioning was only allowed to be used to purchase new art. Now, it can go toward other expenses, including salaries for those who work in collection care.

然而，去年春天，AAMD宣布，将放宽其出售藏品的指导方针，直到2022年4月，以使博物馆能够应对疫情为自己的生存带来的威胁。此前，从出售藏品中募集的资金只允许用于购买新艺术品。现在，它可以用来支付其他费用，包括那些在博物馆工作的人的工资。