A MUSEUM FIGHT

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/sep/28/how-museums-changing-locations-are-a-sign-of-the-times#img-2 FacebookTwitterPinterest The proposed Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on Chicago’s waterfront. Photograph: Courtesy: MAD architects A MUSEUM FIGHT If you've got hundreds of millions Or better yet, a few billions with which you don't know what to do, I have an idea for you: Don't leave that dough doing good things where no one can see them, Instead, pick a site near a lake or height and build an imposing museum. It could be aerodynamic, shiny and airy and remind people of a Frank Gehry-- even if they wouldn't want to get a passport to see it anyhow as they now must, in the case of a place like Bilbao. The most important thing to make sure that your fame will endure is that the building must have your name – that's for sure. So don't be shy, place it way up high. Then, even if in business or politics you were always vultural, you'll be remembered to posterity as ever so cultural. HzL 9/28/16 Fight at the museum: how George Lucas learned that cultural locations matter The Guardian‎ - 5 hours ago George Lucas got a surprise when his plans for a massive museum on Chicago's lakefront ...