Guards in art museums spend about as much time with a painting as the artists themselves. So what do they think of them? They’re not allowed to say—at work, at least. For the second installment in this series, Paul VanDeCarr speaks with two guards at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles about paintings by Gustave Moreau and Edgar Degas. A regular feature.
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Guarded Opinions 2
By Wendy Iraheta and Ruben Green; edited by Paul VanDeCarr
Paul VanDeCarr is a writer, editor, and trainer for UN agencies and other leading NGOs. He received his M.P.A. from Harvard Kennedy School. He lives and works in New York City.
Ruben Green is a museum guard at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Wendy Iraheta is a museum guard at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.