Posted on 05/31/2025 2:26:05 PM PDT by DFG
The Art Institute of Chicago announced that its director is expected to return to work after he was shockingly arrested for allegedly stripping down on a flight to Germany.
James Rondeau is set to go back to work on Monday following an embarrassing display on a United Airlines flight to Munich from Chicago on April 18.
Police were called as the flight landed following reports of Rondeau - the institute's highest-paid employee, making over $1million in 2023 - stripping off his clothes after drinking alcohol and taking prescription medication.
Rondeau, who has since been on 'voluntary leave' from the museum, released a statement apologizing for the incident.
'I deeply regret this incident and the impact it has had on the museum and me and on my colleagues,' Rondeau said, according to the New York Times.
'I have dedicated the past 27 years of my professional career to the Art Institute and I am grateful to have the opportunity to continue furthering its mission.'
The museum began an independent investigation into the incident, and said at the time that it 'takes this very seriously'.
In a statement to the NYT on Thursday, the institute said that board leadership is 'confident in James Rondeau's leadership and ability to continue as the president and director'.
Rondeau was appointed to the position in 2016 after he worked with the institution in 1998 as associate curator of contemporary art.
A prominent collector, Pamela Joyner, stepped down from the board not two weeks ago to focus on other board in New York and San Francisco, she told the NYT.
Joyner told the outlet she felt it inappropriate to weigh in Rondeau's controversy, but said 'that board has work ahead of it that I don't have time to do effectively'.
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no videos of the mile high stripteases’?
Hard to believe that the DM didn’t get one...
Maybe check TikTok 😱
😂😂🤣
this kind of thing has always been here.
It is just now that instead of perhaps a couple hundred people knowing about it, due to the world of modern communications the entire flipping universe is now privy to the uninteresting and marginal piece of information and we are actually talking about it... although it is meaningless.
True.
The stories around Rome and the Caesars are not much different, but I’ll bet the common people of that day didn’t know about it.
The older I get and the more I see, the more I am appalled and astounded at what some people are going to have to answer for.
It makes marvel at the thought that Jesus was on the cross for only a few hours to pay for all that sin. And considering the filth and corruption, and suffering all of mankind has endured throughout the ages, it’s no wonder He was in such agony in the Garden.
No pictures, please.
Amazing at 5 ft. 2 she can look like the Marie Claire cover on the left.
It took Gwyneth Paltrow 5 ft 9 to compete on the Vanity Fair cover.
Perfect example.
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