Word: scattered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...area. The galleries are part of the new southern wing, designed by Kevin Roche/John Dinkeloo, and the huge ceiling provides something almost unique in recent museum constructionnatural light. Special glass on the roof above filters out the ultraviolet light that can damage pigment, while stainless-steel baffles scatter the sun's beams, which are further diffused by pebble-grained glass panels set in the ceiling's grid. The arrangement imparts a subtle variety to many a familiar painting as the sky changes. The impressionists, in particular, take on a new animation, since they painted en plein...
...only places for artists. Artists in many cities and towns across the country were becoming adamant in the best sense of the word hat good art could be produced any where. Whether that's actually the case, I don't think we know. But both artists and museums scatter all over the place are feeling the pressure of localism while collectors and dealers are becoming more actively interested in what's going on in their own areas...