'We live in truly difficult times': Whitney Museum Director responds to demands for action against Vice Board Chair

In a note sent... to Whitney Museum staff and trustees, Adam Weinberg, the New York institution’s director, responded to an open letter demanding action against Warren B. Kanders... Weinberg’s letter, which does not address whether Kanders’s status at the museum will change [says the contemporary museum is]... "a safe space for unsafe ideas.”... "As members of the Whitney community, we each have our critical and complementary roles: trustees do not hire staff, select exhibitions, organize programs or make acquisitions, and staff does not appoint or remove board members... Even as we contend with often profound contradictions within our culture, we must live within the laws of society and observe the “rules” of our Museum... To those of you, and I trust it is nearly all, who want to move forward despite some significant differences of opinion, I am here as your partner, to lead and to work hard every day to make the Whitney, and possibly the world, a better place. I accept that there may be a few of you who are not inclined to do so, but I would like nothing more than to continue this journey together."