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Article: High costs often mean public art left to deteriorate
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- April 27, 2008
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The dilemma of what to do with a $15 million Downtown subway
mural raises questions about how to pay for upkeep and preservation
of virtually millions of public art pieces scattered across Western
Pennsylvania and elsewhere.
Some works, such as Port Authority of Allegheny County's Romare
Bearden mural, were created by world-known artists and would sell
for hundreds of thousands of dollars -- even millions -- at
auctions.
"The mindset in general is, 'Let's commission the art and once
it's up, it's done. Now we don't have to think about it anymore,'"
said Jack Becker, a public art expert who publishes Public Art
Review in St. Paul.
"They don't even think about maintaining it. A lot of cities ...