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August 10, 2014

Milan

My inspiration week has hit a snag.

The Park Hyatt bar closed two days ago for a whole month's renovation. Inspiration for my two new renovation projects in jeopardy.

Solution: tomorrow we go to Asolo. 

Meanwhile, at the Park Hyatt, there have been other changes. Two new installations: a new GM and a new artwork at the lobby lounge.

The menacing mask-like sculpture that used to preside over the Cupola Lobby Lounge is gone. La Testa di Medusa by Lucio Fontana has been purchased by a guest, an avid collector of Medusa heads. 

Shocked, I crassly ask Marco, the manager of the lobby lounge, how much?  He promptly announced the sale price: a cool Four Million euros. Amazing.

I detested that testa; I thought it cheapened the elegant atrium. So much for my future in modern art curatorship.

In Medusa's place is a bright, shiny dish, a huge circle of faceted stainless steel by equally celebrated Anish Kapoor. 

So is it an improvement on  the departed head? After my ill-conceived and obviously ill-informed assessment of the former, I've decided to have no opinion on the matter.

Labels: Anish Kapoor, La Testa di Medusa, Lucio Fontana, milan

posted by Alice Dimalanta Jones  # August 10, 2014

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