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98. This whole thing is godawful. The pitting of city employees pensions against the art collection

Reply to Benton D Struckcheon (Reply #97)

Sun Oct 13, 2013, 07:56 AM

Oct 2013

should never have been allowed. And while I understand the difficulty of the Museum's position here --that, unfortunately, the collection is an "asset" of the city and therefore vulnerable in Detroit's financial collapse -- I wonder if the Obama Administration will consider fighting for a bailout sum that would be large enough to take care of the art as well as the retired workers. I don't pretend to know that much about the current situation but it looks like it's going in the wrong direction for the collection.

Watching those magnificent works being sold off, painting by painting, to private collectors who may but may not share them with the rest of the world, will be one of the saddest days of my life...

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Welcome to the Friday Afternoon Challenge! Today, �Did you say something?� [View all] CTyankee Oct 2013 OP

First kick, second rec. nt longship Oct 2013 #1

Hi there! Any guesses? CTyankee Oct 2013 #2

I think #6 is clearly Gauguin. longship Oct 2013 #3

Well,you got #3 right! But the others...not so much... CTyankee Oct 2013 #6

Unfortunately, my iPhone wont let me copy/paste the text for input to Babelfish. longship Oct 2013 #11

Oh, sorry. I didn't know about that... CTyankee Oct 2013 #13

#3: Van Gogh - The Road Menders pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #4

Yup. How did you do this research? Impressive! CTyankee Oct 2013 #5

I'd seen an AP story on the exhibit in the news pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #7

Ha, now you are thinking like I do! It means are doing more research on art these days! CTyankee Oct 2013 #8

Dammit 39er, give somebody else a chance, lol jberryhill Oct 2013 #37

hey buddy, you had your chance...no whining.. CTyankee Oct 2013 #59

Next time I cut your ear off jberryhill Oct 2013 #60

Caravaggio...you never know when he'll pop up. Keep trying' buddy... CTyankee Oct 2013 #62

Forget it, Jake; it's CTyankee's Friday Challenge pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #65

Make that both ears, the hard way jberryhill Oct 2013 #88

You must be excited that there finally is a Dutch guy. BainsBane Oct 2013 #73

He's very prolific! pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #74

No, the OTHER Dutch boy jberryhill Oct 2013 #89

6 looks like a Matisse IcyPeas Oct 2013 #9

Oh, you can do google translate easily...and get the clue. You are getting there with #6... CTyankee Oct 2013 #10

ah, "this is my house" IcyPeas Oct 2013 #14

Shoot! I guessed Gauguin, but as soon as I read your response I saw it. longship Oct 2013 #12

1. looks like Santiago Calatrava BainsBane Oct 2013 #15

Oh, yes on #1! but what is the meaning of what is said? CTyankee Oct 2013 #19

Oh BainsBane Oct 2013 #24

I'm sorry. I was a little too funny...see above on Calatrava which is #1 CTyankee Oct 2013 #32

I'm not sure what you're asking BainsBane Oct 2013 #34

number 2 BainsBane Oct 2013 #27

Absolutely right. Why is the painting saying this? CTyankee Oct 2013 #36

Maybe recalling when Gaugin was in Tahiti? BainsBane Oct 2013 #40

Interesting idea. don't know, really...but these are really important... CTyankee Oct 2013 #63

Are the statues part of the question? Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #41

yes. The sculpture is definitely part of this exhibition. How could they not be? CTyankee Oct 2013 #64

I know what the exhibition is pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #68

a reference to "and here we are all together again." Reference to their previous "life." CTyankee Oct 2013 #85

Definitely that Italian guy jberryhill Oct 2013 #38

Think I found #1 Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #16

But the question is: what is Calatrava talking about? Why did his architecture "say" this? CTyankee Oct 2013 #17

So far I see it's being criticized as a boondoggle, Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #18

What does the clue say to you? CTyankee Oct 2013 #20

"Help! My skin sags!" longship Oct 2013 #30

I wouldn't be that generous about it. longship Oct 2013 #22

Calatrava�s showcase Ciudad de las Artes appears to be aging rapidly Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #23

Yessir! Exactly! CTyankee Oct 2013 #25

Made me look up Gehry and Bilbao Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #26

My evil plot succeeds! More DUers looking up art! CTyankee Oct 2013 #33

BTW, based on what I read in that story, I wouldn't be a fan of Calatrava. Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #28

Calatrava's mosaic of tiles "skin" was to recognize another Spanish architect pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #29

Also, one last thing, re the Spanish, Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #92

I thought it might be the infinitive but since I don't know CTyankee Oct 2013 #93

the texture on the white exterior BainsBane Oct 2013 #31

It's a matter of aging on this project that Calatrava designed. His critics have honed in on CTyankee Oct 2013 #35

No answers. No guesses. They're all lovely, especially #6. blogslut Oct 2013 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author BainsBane Oct 2013 #39

3. BainsBane Oct 2013 #42

I was referring to the "best" of the two he painted on the same scene...a little joke... CTyankee Oct 2013 #76

I have number 5, Leger the Village BainsBane Oct 2013 #43

And damn! I was on the NYT article about the billion dollar cubism donation. longship Oct 2013 #45

the info is actually in the article itself BainsBane Oct 2013 #46

Me, too. But verifying this painting depends on see it. longship Oct 2013 #47

On Fridays at 5pm Eastern, an iPhone just won't do pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #50

Sorry, here in the Manistee National Forest, that's all we have. longship Oct 2013 #51

You're doing great despite those limitations pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #56

Thankfully DU has good software behind it. longship Oct 2013 #57

Of course, but where are they? CTyankee Oct 2013 #66

at the Metropolitan Museum of Art BainsBane Oct 2013 #71

Ouch! that hurts...I'm sorry... CTyankee Oct 2013 #61

You go it exactly right! It was all about that purchase by Lauder and his subsequent gift to the CTyankee Oct 2013 #86

Oh, you are so RIGHT! How wonderful of you! Congrats! CTyankee Oct 2013 #53

4. is at the Boston Museum of Art BainsBane Oct 2013 #44

#4: Piero della Francesca - Senigallia Madonna pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #48

She didn't post the whole picture BainsBane Oct 2013 #49

To be fair to CTyankee... pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #52

that and the fact the baby looks like an old man BainsBane Oct 2013 #69

and my reference is to Boston's clam chowder...sorry,I am being culturally east coast indifferent... CTyankee Oct 2013 #78

The famous 'Chowdah Madonna,' lol! pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #79

Great! CTyankee Oct 2013 #81

I apologize. My mistake. I shoulda posted the entire thing. CTyankee Oct 2013 #55

It would make it easier BainsBane Oct 2013 #67

You are so right. My aim is to make MORE accessible, not less. This is a masterpiece of early CTyankee Oct 2013 #70

I started my art hunt with the early Italian Renaissance, thinking it would be a piece of cake... CTyankee Oct 2013 #82

shoulda done that. My bad...will do in the future... CTyankee Oct 2013 #58

It is not an acquisition as much as it is a coup! They got themselves a really nice piece for CTyankee Oct 2013 #54

Still need #2 and #6. longship Oct 2013 #72

A bit of info on #2. CTyankee Oct 2013 #75

#2: Matisse - Bathers by a River pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #77

A wonderful coup by the Kimball, which is a fabulous museum in Fort Worth, Tx. CTyankee Oct 2013 #80

I stumbled onto the NY Historical Society centennial exhibit first pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #83

It absolutely is! CTyankee Oct 2013 #84

I can't thank you enough for introducing me to art and art history pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #87

Thank you! CTyankee Oct 2013 #94

Longship, I am incredibly flattered that you stuck by this effort with just an iPhone! CTyankee Oct 2013 #91

We have #6 left to decipher... CTyankee Oct 2013 #90

So, #6 is The Window, Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #95

yes, Benton, so sad. It is among the first pieces to be appraised by Christie's experts and would be CTyankee Oct 2013 #96

The Sack of Detroit. Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #97

This whole thing is godawful. The pitting of city employees pensions against the art collection CTyankee Oct 2013 #98

The story of Detroit ... Benton D Struckcheon Oct 2013 #99

good point. I don't know what their incentive is to help save Detroit, tho. CTyankee Oct 2013 #100