"Michael Brand" is an art scholar from Australia. Throughout his career, Brand has specialised in the art of Asian art/Asia, in particular Indian art.

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I greatly look forward to leading the Getty Museum as it prepares to add the magnificently renovated Villa to its operations.

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It's a fabulous place, ... The physical space is unsurpassed.

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The Getty is a contemporary museum of ancient art, in some ways.

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I think it's important that a museum which exhibits pre-modern art doesn't lose its link to contemporary art. The Getty has been collecting Greek and Roman art, but I hope to bring a network of other links throughout the world.

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Morale building will be a main part of my job, ... It's hard to judge morale from the outside . . . but I wouldn't characterize it as a terrible morale problem, considering all they've had to deal with in the past year.

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Snow and other seasonal changes -- I'll miss that.

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From the perspective of someone in my role, ... all that makes it much easier to attract donors wanting the works they donate to be widely seen.

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[Before leaving Richmond,] I would like to have nailed down the first few years of the exhibition program ... And I'll miss the chance to get the art out before the public. But we know what the collection will look like.

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And we're tweaking the last few details in the design.

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