Done right, diverse slate hiring policies — which require at least one
woman or person
of colour to be among the candidates considered for a job — remove the easy excuses that cheat the under -
represented out
of a shot at key roles.
It's too early to say whether the museum, with its private - public partnership, can, even with its emphasis on access, successfully challenge the system on which it depends, or at least respond to critiques like those
of Charles Desmarais to
represent, better than the Fisher Collection, for example,
women artists, artists
of colour, and local artists.