Friday, May 29, 2009

Fun at museums: Appealing to the psycho-sexual crowd


Yesterday, the Real Clear blog posted excerpts from an interview between Maxwell Anderson, director of the Indianapolis Art Museum, and Richard Armstrong, the director of the Guggenheim Museum.

Here's an excerpt I found of interest:

The Guggenheim will increase its appeal to those below 35: "the psycho-sexual center of youth is in the Lower East Side," not near the Guggenheim, "so you have to figure out a way that it's not a stretch for people to get up there." They don't take taxis, he notes, and the Guggenheim in "not close" to the subway.


(As Real Clear's Judith H. Dobrzynski noted, "Gee, the 86th St./Lex Station is, what, a half dozen blocks away?")

Here's a link the video of Anderson and Armstrong.
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3 comments:

  1. EV GrieveMay 29, 2009 at 8:31 AM

    And I have no idea why I choose an image from "Play Misty for Me" to illustrate this post.

    And is it cheesy for me to be the first person to leave a comment?

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  2. esquared™May 29, 2009 at 9:59 AM

    Third! Woo hoo!

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  3. EV GrieveMay 29, 2009 at 11:22 AM

    CHOSE! Ugh.

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