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"Courthouse's bold art draws a mixed verdict; Not all see worth in valuable works"

"Courthouse's bold art draws a mixed verdict; Not all see worth in valuable works": The Boston Globe today contains an article that begins, "To the untutored eye, they are simply huge rectangular panels - reds, yellows, blues, greens - that have hung like oversized Post-it Notes on the walls of the cavernous federal courthouse since it opened a decade ago. Hundreds of people pass them daily; few seem to notice. In fact, the fiberglass-and-aluminum panels are among the most valuable works of art in Boston by a living artist, commissioned at a cost of $800,000 in tax dollars, and probably worth millions today. The revelation usually leaves visitors to the John Joseph Moakley courthouse incredulous or bemused."

Full post as published by How Appealing on March 24, 2008 (boomark / email).