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You mention the art on the walls and the koi pond as if they are spurious examples of unnecessary spending, when many studies point to the great value in such e
by jmkd 7y ago
You mention the art on the walls and the koi pond as if they are spurious examples of unnecessary spending, when many studies point to the great value in such environmental factors in healing.
- fiblye 7y agoIf you’re spending millions on art, you’re a museum, you’re being swindled, or you’re trying to find a clever way to shift your cash around. And I doubt hospitals are debuting rediscovered Van Gogh works. Buying affordable works from local artists can fill a massive hospital for well under a million.
- larnmar 7y agoOr Van Gogh prints, for that matter.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoI guess there are cheaper ways to achieve that. I think they are more to impress people.
- jmkd 7y agoThe responses here decrying the cost of the artwork and suggesting replacement with prints denies any and all value to artworks as profound objects, and could easily be as mis-applied to museums themselves. For those lacking understanding of the value of art in this context here is a good recent piece of research with many useful references: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5328392/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5328392/
- Broken_Hippo 7y agoI think the real issue is that these folks are profiting so much as to afford the art while folks have trouble paying for hospital stays. There are so many ways to get original artwork on the walls for a much cheaper price tag, after all - and things get even cheaper if one looks into prints.