A Land Artist’s Work Evades Demolition
Posted on AllSides May 7th, 2024
From The Left
A work of environmental art by Mary Miss has evaded demolition — for now. A judge in the U.S. District Court in Des Moines on Friday granted her request for a temporary restraining order that would bar the Des Moines Art Center, the museum that commissioned the land art installation, from dismantling it. The museum maintains it has become a safety hazard and that the resources to repair it are not available. The decision, the Art Center said in a statement, amounts to “a court-ordered stalemate.” While the judge, Stephen...
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