Comments on: The Art of the Steal http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2010/02/27/the-art-of-the-steal/ a new city. a new life. here's my two sense. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:49:40 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: acm http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2010/02/27/the-art-of-the-steal/comment-page-1/#comment-150927 acm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:02:38 +0000 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/?p=3787#comment-150927 man, that's a cool (but overwhelming/exhausting) collection. a strange set of theories, but really neat to see art displayed in such a nontraditional way. anyway, I've lived in Philly long enough to listen to years of Merion choking that museum, by limiting traffic, number of visitors, and generally complaining about the interest of every single person who went there. now they're all "boo hoo! we should get to keep it" because it couldn't survive under the conditions that they had created. NO SYMPATHY. the new space sounds like it will be amazingly faithful to the original house, so I expect you'll have your chance to be overwhelmed by the art -- without fighting your way to Merion -- soon enough. man, that's a cool (but overwhelming/exhausting) collection. a strange set of theories, but really neat to see art displayed in such a nontraditional way.

anyway, I've lived in Philly long enough to listen to years of Merion choking that museum, by limiting traffic, number of visitors, and generally complaining about the interest of every single person who went there. now they're all "boo hoo! we should get to keep it" because it couldn't survive under the conditions that they had created. NO SYMPATHY.

the new space sounds like it will be amazingly faithful to the original house, so I expect you'll have your chance to be overwhelmed by the art — without fighting your way to Merion — soon enough.

]]> By: Taylor http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2010/02/27/the-art-of-the-steal/comment-page-1/#comment-150897 Taylor Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:17:39 +0000 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/?p=3787#comment-150897 Even with some things already packed up, it's still worth taking a trip out there before the move. I went last month, and highly recommend it. Even with some things already packed up, it's still worth taking a trip out there before the move. I went last month, and highly recommend it.

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