Maybe if 12-year-olds and the happy hour crowd don’t usually go DETROIT (Reuters) – Painter Helen Frankenthaler’s landmark abstract A 12-year-old boy visiting the Detroit Institute of Arts with his school The barely chewed Wrigley’s Extra Polar Ice gum left a residue stain from Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Martinifest Degenerates in Museum<\/font><\/p>\n A party at a US art museum got out The martini fete at at Milwaukee Art Museum ended with drunk guests passing One reveler, Kathleen Christians, 39, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "It Four young men climbed onto Standing Woman, a tall, bronze sculpture from Ananova<\/a><\/p>\n Or maybe it just means if you give away hard liquor in a beer town, Today’s review of the Fine Arts eloquently essays the state of the arts in modern American culture. Of course, decrying the dearth of appreciation for the classics is the prerogatives of crusty curmudgeons and aging academics, but when the art … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/handse.jpg\")
Today’s
\n review of the Fine Arts eloquently essays the state of the arts in
\n modern American culture. Of course, decrying the
\n dearth of appreciation for the classics is the prerogatives of crusty
\n curmudgeons and aging academics, but when the art itself is endangered,
\n we all stand
\n to lose.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n to art museums, there is a reason, and maybe it is for the mutual protection
\n of both parties……<\/em><\/p>\n
\n work "The Bay" just got a little more abstract — to the dismay
\n of Detroit museum officials.<\/p>\n
\n group on Friday stuck a wad of chewing gum on the painting, which is
\n worth an estimated $1.5 million, the Detroit Free Press said.<\/p>\n
\n about the size of a quarter in the lower left-hand corner of the painting,
\n the newspaper said.<\/p>\n
\n of hand after the organizers promised revelers as many martinis as they
\n could
\n drink.<\/p>\n
\n out, throwing up and clambering over artworks.<\/p>\n
\n was crazy. People were shoving people over. People were getting sick,
\n screaming, shouting, messing with the artwork."<\/p>\n
\n of a goddess-like woman by early 20th-century American artist Gaston
\n Lachaise.<\/p>\n
\n cover the rugs and hide the silver….<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"