at least

...someone is taking the arts seriously in government. Obviously, its more complicated than that, but its disheartening that our official stance on art in the US is that we don't have a stance. So, I appreciate this investment in young, talented people all the more.

Complicated? you ask. Remember this?

quote of the day

Sandbeck c. 1990 Twelve Part Vertical Construction  | Hirshhorn

"One should look at works of art without any intention of deriving knowledge, and rejoice if sometimes, as of itself, a confirmation or enrichment of our knowledge comes in a flash; and one should not approach them with the determination to solve a problem. One must let them speak, one must converse with them, but one must not interrogate them. To an inquisitor they refuse any information."

On Art and Connoisseurship | Max Friedlander