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Modern art can be controversial. So, apparently, can modern art museums. Since December, Harvard has been receiving feedback from the Allston...
Part one: Bringing Art To Allston Part two: A Community Endeavor Part three: Defining 'Allstoned'Brighton community about its plans for a new art museum that will be located in Barry’s Corner, right in the middle of what Harvard hopes will become the Harvard Square of Allston (see map below). The comment period, which ends this Friday, has sparked a lively debate about the museum’s location and function, and a number of locals have expressed doubts about Harvard’s intentions...
...glad to see the Allston residents getting involved. The developments will dramatically affect their neighborhood, and they stand to benefit from good planning, so Harvard should—and wants to—hear their thoughts. In the case of the Allston art museum, however, concerns put forth by community are misplaced...
Perhaps part of the misunderstanding comes from the new museum’s initial role as a temporary home for the Fogg and Busch-Reisinger museums’ collections. The two museums will be undergoing several years of renovations beginning in the summer of 2008. When the Allston museum opens, it will host part of the Fogg and Busch-Reisinger collections until the renovations are complete; after that, it will acquire its own modern art collection. Once again, this does not amount to the new museum acting as a warehouse. Even while it is hosting collections from the other Harvard...
...museum will be the first Harvard building built at Barry’s Corner. The Allston Master Plan calls for the area—at the intersection of Western Avenue and North Harvard Street, just past the Harvard stadium—to be the nexus of Harvard’s expanded campus and the surrounding area. Residents complain that, if Barry’s Corner is to become a commercial center, it is no place for an art museum...