The Brooklyn Academy of Music has unseated its president Gina Duncan after a three-year term.
Neither side is saying why.
Duncan was the first non-white person to head BAM and she arrived with excellent qualifications.
Sorry we can’t shed more light on this yet (nor can NY Times). Anyone in Brooklyn got an inside line?
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