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...exhibitions and art loans as necessary to promote financial health in an era of reduced government funding, Cuno questions this logic, arguing that the resource drain and high “opportunity cost” of mounting such exhibitions add up, and that controversial loans can detract from the museum??s reputation and authority—an asset as important as money and facilities...
...necessary to keep the fragile art and books safe—the Villa frequently funds top-notch restorations of the canvases on its walls. These paintings one day will be important for a researcher and may wind up in a museum. In a similar vein, the Fogg Art Museum??s collections serve art history students, but they also provide a rich collection for public visitors, and (equally important) collect and catalogue and preserve and restore artwork of extreme significance. Houghton Library is a fantastic resource for literary scholars; but of equal credibility is its mission of meticulous preservation...
...first year at Harvard, over intersession, I finally fulfilled that desire. As my roommates and I headed to New York, the famous toy store was top among our list of must-see attractions. After all, it wasn’t just a store, it was more of a museum??enshrining classic memories, old-school toys, a sense of tradition—forever preserving our childhood. Little did we know that the chain was headed for bankruptcy, filing for Chapter 11 protections twice...
...building’s plans. “MoMA” was painted white on the black background of the mechanical boxes on the roof, in such a way that anyone passing by the museum on the subway would see the phrase slowly come together to form the museum??s name right before the subway arrives in the adjacent station...
This informal session, part of a continuing series, is devoted to presenting a sustained engagement with art, and will examine one or two pieces of art in the Fogg Museum??s collection. 12:15 p.m. Free. Fogg Art Museum...