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MIT has something similar for its students - they lottery off an entire gallery of art to students to keep in their dorm rooms for the year every fall [0]. I h
by kyeb 7y ago
MIT has something similar for its students - they lottery off an entire gallery of art to students to keep in their dorm rooms for the year every fall [0].
I have no idea what the damage statistics are for it, but this just reminded me of it.
[0] https://listart.mit.edu/collections/student-lending-art-program https://listart.mit.edu/collections/student-lending-art-prog...
- madcaptenor 7y agoI was just going to mention this. Apparently they'll only loan prints to students. Faculty can get the better stuff: https://listart.mit.edu/collections/campus-loan-art-program https://listart.mit.edu/collections/campus-loan-art-program
- pixeloution 7y agoIn this context, prints mean "original prints" which doesn't translate to junk or reproductions. Some original prints are worth in excess of half a million dollars.
- madcaptenor 7y agoThat's true. I don't know enough to know what the prints they're lending out are worth.