Getty Trust’s Leader Heralds Organization’s Growing Maturity
January 20, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
The J. Paul Getty Trust is entering “young adulthood,” says James N. Wood, the Los Angeles institution’s chief executive, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
Following the forced resignation of his predecessor, Barry Munitz, in the wake of charges of excessive spending and questionable practices, and the trial of its former antiquities curator, Marion True, on charges of trafficking in objects looted from European collections, Mr. Wood says the organization is looking toward a more orderly future.
“It’s been a hell of an adolescence: rich, painful and with fighting among siblings,” said Mr. Wood, who added that he hopes the Getty’s four branches will collaborate more often.
