Art Insane

I love art and museums as much as the next person, but who knew a giant 2 story rock would draw so much attention! Hundreds of people showed up at LACMA when the rock hit the end of it's 11 day journey from Riverside, which cost the museum $70,000 to transport and $10 million total after installation. If you're unfamiliar, this rock is going to be the next out door art installation at LACMA, similar to the light posts exhibition "Urban Light" on Wilshire. When complete, you will be able to walk under the "levitating" rock suspended 15 feet over head. It sounds pretty cool, but at the same time it's just a giant freaking rock that cost a shit ton of money. The installation isn't expected to be completed for another few months, but since it's so damn big, I'm sure you will be able to see it in it's shrink wrapped form for quite some time before final installation. There aren't many places to hide a rock that size. I will definitely go see the rock just because it's stirred up so much attention and as I mentioned, I enjoy art. But I feel like LACMA could have put this $10 million elsewhere. It could have gone to a new educational exhibit. It could have gone to anything really. Art is a big deal, especially in bad times because it helps us all escape our realities, but when we're in a recession, I feel like that money could have gone towards something else...