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When architects drew up the construction plans for the Carpenter Center, they decided to build a tunnel between it and the Fogg Musuem next door. Through this underground link, works of art could be transported from one building to the other, avoiding exposure to the light of day and the soot of Cambridge...
...though, this uncompleted tunnel lies untravelled and largely forgotten beneath the yard between the Fogg and the Carpenter Center. Concentrators in Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) and Fine Arts say this story parallels the current connection between the two departments...
...current departmental offices in the Fogg are a mixed blessing, Grabar adds. While the museum allows concentrators greater access to private collections, the department's quarters must close at 5:30 p.m. when the museum does...
...HARVARD STUDENTS can be considered a fair sampling of the art public, it's going to be a while before artists like Richard Long gain broad acceptance. Long's Installation" in the courtyard of the Fogg Museum received little more than skeptical glances and cursory remarks from students drifting out of Fine Arts 13 last week...
...process of absorption. By nature a reticent and thoughtful man, Long makes little effort to verbalize his intentions in conversation or in writing. He is interested in the relationship between the public and private aspects of art. He sees installations like the one at the Fogg as a way of "making public what I've done in a very private way." One senses the gap in this tenuous communicative linkage--Long's message is not easy to decipher...