@KnightLAT
Christopher Knight
@KnightLAT
5 years
“We are not aiming at having more visitors or larger attendance...,” Biesenbach said in an interview. “As a civic institution, [an art museum] should be like a library, where you can just walk in.”
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@Duchampia
Duchampia
@Duchampia
5 years
@KnightLAT Our Menil Collection in Houston is free. However, it now has a $40 million new drawing institute building. All provided by its donors.
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Christopher Knight
@KnightLAT
5 years
@Duchampia I know. Swell.
Review: An unprecedented new home for modern drawings opens in Houston

When the Menil Drawing Institute opens here on Saturday in a smashing new building, more than a year after a planned debut was abruptly postponed just days before Hurricane Harvey devastated vast...

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@chrisrusak
Chris Rusak
@chrisrusak
5 years
@KnightLAT Is that all it takes? 10 millions dollars? Seems like it wouldn't take proportionally much more to open LACMA's doors the same way.
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@AnsteadMedia
AnsteadMedia
@AnsteadMedia
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@KnightLAT London has it right
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@maykr
Christopher Albert
@maykr
5 years
@KnightLAT The most worthwhile thing to come out of Beisenbach for a long time.
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@THATDINODINCO
DINO DINCO 🐀
@THATDINODINCO
5 years
@KnightLAT Please don't aim to have Bjork exhibitions either.
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@lapetiteemily
Emily ⚡️📺
@lapetiteemily
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@KnightLAT I mean it’s not bad to have more visitors.... but yay for accessibility
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@mayj2024
Mayy
@mayj2024
5 years
@KnightLAT Absolutely
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@joshuadecter
Joshua Decter
@joshuadecter
5 years
@KnightLAT People walk in LA? ;)
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@dochoart
Daniel Ochoa
@dochoart
5 years
@KnightLAT Good move.
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@tibstertoyou
tibstertoyou 🇺🇦
@tibstertoyou
5 years
@KnightLAT I have been excited by the new direction at MOCA. I dropped some membership $s there recently to show support.
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