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So lets stop making museums buy overpriced art then.

So while it is nice for the public to be able to see a certain original, I can think of millions of better ways to spend that money and then just see a replica.

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I spent 4 days in a row at the Met last week and I still want to agree with you. Museums are mostly a delicacy. The Louvre was built for artists to study other artist's work. That's tremendously not how we use museums. Medium is valuable for study, yes, but I didn't learn anything last week. I just saw evidence of it in bare vision.

But I am torn, because the more privately funded museums seem to be more prone to skewing history. I could be wrong.

I'm with you and ready to sign any petition that stops museums buying Jeff Koons!

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