Julia's comments reminded me of the following (highly amusing to many!) news
story:

http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/arts/newsid%5F1608000/1
608322.stm

Where "A cleaner at a London gallery cleared away an installation by artist
Damien Hirst having mistaken it for rubbish."

Francis French
Education Programs Coordinator
Reuben H Fleet Science Center
PO Box 33303, San Diego, California 92163
www.rhfleet.org
Tel: (619) 238 1233 ext: 808
Fax: (619) 685 5771
E-mail: [log in to unmask]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Exhibitions Department [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 8:46 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Curators Inspecting Museum Galleries
>
> Yeah, us too.  If the curators didn't inspect, it wouldn't get done; also,
> we know what artwork is SUPPOSED to be like--some contemporary art is
> meant
> to look broken, rickety, etc. and security personnel won't often recognize
> when something is out of place or damaged.
>
> We have 2 1/4 people in the exhibitions department and we switch off who
> does the inspections, so it's not all on one person all the time.  It
> takes
> 30-45 minutes.
>
> Julia Moore
> Director of Exhibitions and Artist Services
> Indianapolis Art Center

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