The Obama’s have picked forty-five pieces of art that are on loan from various Washington D.C. museums to hang in their private residence of the White House.
The New York Times article, “A Bold and Modern White House” mentioned that there existed some limitations—they could only pick from pieces that were not currently on display, and pieces that would not likely go on display soon. In other words, they were choosing from storage: from the basement of the museums rather than the gallery of the museums.
This struck me as fair. This struck me as downright nice. This struck me as a reminder that art should not be exclusive—it should be out there for the public to view, think upon, and react towards. They picked pieces without disrupting what the museums have to offer.
Yet something tells me that down the road, the pieces they picked won’t end up back in the basement; they’ll find their way to the galleries.
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