Posted on 30/06/08
A public art show even a mayor can love
New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg isn't the touchy-feely sort. He's a tightly wound efficiency expert, a gear head who became a billionaire 10 times over by selling a computer system that helped rich people become richer. Three years ago, when he hosted a news conference at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for Christo and Jeanne-Claude's colossal saffron-curtain installation in Central Park known as The Gates, he acknowledged the artistic worth of the project but preferred to focus on how much money it would bring the city.
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