thanks Murph the Surf...

>Lycos now searches for sound and images on the Web. A search on
>"Madonna" turned up images of a painting by Cellini, a video of the
>Material Girl and "MADONNA PLAYING BACKGAMMON AGAINST A DOG" among other
>things:

 ... dont you think that this pretty well sums up the status of art as
perceived by our visitors today ... we are out there side by side with some
dubious bed partners ....where will the next generation be looking for
their 'soul food' tommorrow ... Cellini or plastic idols?

... and yet... the perfect reminder to all us museum folk of yet another
reason that our museums should be out there on the net with ... a vengeance
!

Susan Hazan

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