| Govan’s Folly? Stuck in the LACMA Quagmire In decades of covering museum buildings, I’ve mostly refrained from “reviewing” a building that hasn’t gone up yet. That’s why I’ve hung back from commenting on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s capital project-in-progress. But an unsettling (literally) development led me to weigh in. – Lee Rosenbaum
Matter An arts organization must come to matter to the community. When it matters, the community will support it. But how do arts organizations come to matter? The mindset that “We matter because we present great art.” does not cut it. It is only things that people see as important to their lives that fill this bill. – Doug Borwick
Looking for a Fugitive Rainbow — A Very Transient “Gift” to the Bidens Laura Baptiste, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s always-helpful chief of communications, found herself dealing with misinformation disseminated in a number of news reports after the inauguration festivities. – Lee Rosenbaum
Joseph Conyers on Being an Artist Entrepreneur The Philadelphia Orchestra bassist and entrepreneur shares the passions that have fueled his success. – Aaron Dworkin
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