At Queens Museum, the Director Is as Political as the Art

Last month, as reports circulated that President Trump intended to end the policy Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which shields young undocumented immigrants from deportation, Laura Raicovich, the president and executive director of the Queens Museum, took to Twitter.

“Defending DACA is just the right thing to do,” she wrote. “Prevent its dissolution and pass legislation to make it permanent.”

In response, the art critic Tyler Green noted, “First art museum director I’ve seen show leadership on DACA.”

To which Ms. Raicovich replied: “Neutrality is a fiction.”

Museums often show political art. Less common is for museum directors themselves to take political positions.