Taking a Step-by-Step Approach to Growth

As he considers the future, Mr. Benezra is remarkably nonalarmist. “In December we made an appeal to our board for program support over and above what they normally do and got double what we were expecting,” he said, adding that the museum also received gifts of 225 works of art in 2008, the most in years. “I think the board is very enamored of the program we’ve established. They’ve all repeated the mantra to be prudent, make tough decisions, but don’t hurt what we’ve built here.”