http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2010/03/30/the-award-goes-to/ Blogging Asian Art and Culture Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:25:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2010/03/30/the-award-goes-to/comment-page-1/#comment-8980 tuscanycat Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:41:22 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=2400#comment-8980 If you look at a satellite view of the museum in Google maps, you can see a space in the back of the museum where the loading dock and some ground floor offices are. You can also see it as you ride the escalator to the 2nd and 3rd floors. That's the area where expansion will most likely take place. If you look at a satellite view of the museum in Google maps, you can see a space in the back of the museum where the loading dock and some ground floor offices are. You can also see it as you ride the escalator to the 2nd and 3rd floors. That’s the area where expansion will most likely take place.

]]> http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2010/03/30/the-award-goes-to/comment-page-1/#comment-8970 Nancy Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:55:57 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=2400#comment-8970 I thought that was the issue. Museums are scrambling for money these days and I'm extremely grateful that the Asian is still around, providing us with beautiful things to look at and me an opportunity to gawk, admire and sometimes critique. Maybe there's an undiscovered treasure in the basement that will raise the millions (billions) of dollars needed for expansion but even if you had the money, where would you expand? Space in the Civic Center area is pretty limited. I thought that was the issue. Museums are scrambling for money these days and I’m extremely grateful that the Asian is still around, providing us with beautiful things to look at and me an opportunity to gawk, admire and sometimes critique. Maybe there’s an undiscovered treasure in the basement that will raise the millions (billions) of dollars needed for expansion but even if you had the money, where would you expand? Space in the Civic Center area is pretty limited.

]]> http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2010/03/30/the-award-goes-to/comment-page-1/#comment-8964 tuscanycat Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:11:56 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=2400#comment-8964 It would be nice for them to design the extra space if the museum could raise the funds but we're talking several years here. It would be nice for them to design the extra space if the museum could raise the funds but we’re talking several years here.

]]> http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2010/03/30/the-award-goes-to/comment-page-1/#comment-8949 Nancy Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:05:28 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=2400#comment-8949 For a minute there, I thought they'd be hired to build another space for the Asian. You certainly could use a larger exhibition space - more room for more treasures and more traveling exhibits. For instance, the wonderful screen by Shen Fan that's in the current Shanghai exhibit would benefit from having more space around it. But I realize that, for now, you don't have more space. Ah well - maybe next year? For a minute there, I thought they’d be hired to build another space for the Asian. You certainly could use a larger exhibition space – more room for more treasures and more traveling exhibits. For instance, the wonderful screen by Shen Fan that’s in the current Shanghai exhibit would benefit from having more space around it. But I realize that, for now, you don’t have more space. Ah well – maybe next year?

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