tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15365158.post5148044053797254318..comments2024-01-11T01:56:13.012-08:00Comments on Astromen!: Detroit Fire SaleDon J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05468697789068504474noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15365158.post-46602308169446596202014-01-26T12:47:41.449-08:002014-01-26T12:47:41.449-08:00I'm not convinced DIA has the legal right to w...I'm not convinced DIA has the legal right to withhold its art from the city's creditors. I think it was set up in a short sighted way. They should make a foundation now with state legislation, and man the legal battlements. I think it'd not be out of line to sell a few works with the money being ear-marked specifically to cover pension short falls.<br /><br />Peter Schjeldahl has spoken out on both sides of the issue. First he suggested that the city should choose to pay its pensioners, if it came down between a choice of doing so or keeping the collection. Two days later he reversed his position.<br /><br />I'm not as horrified by his first post as it seems many were. I think the city's responsibility to its pensioners is more concrete, as well. Though I can see how the choice between art and pensions can be framed as a false choice/wedge issue.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/07/sell-your-art-detroit.html" rel="nofollow">First Post</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/07/what-should-detroit-do-with-its-art-the-sequel.html?mobify=0" rel="nofollow">Seconds Post</a><br />Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04119934661023748815noreply@blogger.com