In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Empire State Plaza (a 'Design for the Future' as it was marketed then), OGS has been presenting programs on different topics of the ESP, such as Albany politics of the time, and the design and construction of the complex.

Last night the Polish Mob and I went to a panel discussion featuring David Novros, an artist with a painting in the collection, Dennis Anderson, a former curator of the collection, Matthew Levy, an Art History professor, and Ian Berry, the Director of the Tang Museum at Skidmore.

Things to think about:

Patronage overall, then as it relates to the Rockefeller family, and Nelson specifically. I really know nothing about the Rockefellers and their philanthropy.
What is the value of a painting that will never be sold?
Perhaps the most interesting sentence of the program came from Matthew: "It is not subject to curatorial trends". I love that! It is a fixed collection, and the 92 pieces stand as they are. (Also, no Hudson River school, no landscapes, no portraits).
I would like to know which pieces they referred to as 'the outliers'.

I have always loved this guy, standing guard on the Plaza level of the Corning Tower.