adele bloch blauer wasn't just a single painting. It might have done more for LACMA than the current 175 million dollar expansion ever will. And the fact that Broad is our only philanthropist to fall on. Michael Govan said it right - in NY, the billionaire class competes to see who can put more money into the arts. Not so in LA. Civic culture is really important. LA is has grouping of billionaires who happen to live in a single place. Just like the rest of the city, it's schizophrenic and dissociative. NY, in contrast, has an actual society.
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