Why would anyone want to eat out if every restaurant served the same thing? I'm not against big prints, but the ease of
wide-format digital printing has certainly contributed to the mediocrity of a number of current installations, as has image
selection over the web. I can enjoy a well-printed large image as much as a small one, but it better have more going for it
than big for the sake of big. That's what outdoor advertising companies are for. Believe me, I'm not the only one around here
getting fed up. Was having dinner the other nite with some friends of mine who are from NYC and are very well-heeled in the
sense of being serious philanthropists in this area too, and they are getting pretty bored with seeing just about the same
thing in both venues. Both MMA's are getting scratched off their list of things to either see or support. Up the street there's
a giant hole in the ground where the new UC Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is going. Hard to understand student's of
taxpaying parents being unable to afford an education there anymore and who knows how many tens of millions going into
that hole in the ground, but maybe they'll do something different. Maybe not. I do like the option of the Oakland Museum.
Worth crossing the bridge for, if anyone mistakenly thinks all the cultural stuff is going on in SF.
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