Speaking as a man-in-the-street, I am no more concerned with the success or failure of a museum of contemporary art than I am with the destiny of a country club.
Although I was traumatized by the shuttering of the local Terra Museum of American Art to suit the social ambitions of the founder's widow who wanted to move it to the nation's capital. But all is not lost! This year, the Terra Foundation sponsored almost a dozen exhibits in various venues around the city - and maybe this is actually a better way to serve an art hungry plebian like myself -- as well as help support the hosting institutions. What's missing, of course, is a permenent collection in a permanent space -- but I'm really wondering whether permancency is all that important. In consolation to Miller, he will enjoy reading about the fiasco at LA MOMA, where Director Jeremy Strick, a former Art Institute of Chicago curator, managed to nearly blow a 50 million dollar endowment in less that 10 years. Amazing. But not surprizing since as a rule art historians are notorious for their total lack of worldly sense. Even the dumbest ordinary person knows that you don't spend an endowment but live from its income. Apparently, according to a front page article in today's NYTimes, Jeremy managed to raid the endowment to show off his sort of contemporary art...and where were the Board Members? It's not only the artists who are dumb about money. Score one, a biggie, for Miller's man-in-the-street common sense. WC ____________________________________________________________ Stuck in a dead end job?? Click to start living your dreams by earning an online degree. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/PnY6rc15BMWJbPO4NP3Fp8tQk8ir6w Ua19Pcgp2T9b9uzMF5VoSYc/
