{"id":3603,"date":"2011-03-21T07:29:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T11:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2015-12-27T12:07:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T17:07:26","slug":"smithsonian-smack-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2011\/03\/smithsonian-smack-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithsonian Smackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not everyday that the Smithsonian Institution goes head-to-head with another preservationist entity like the LA Conservancy. Both would like to have the murals located in the lobby of the Los Angeles Golden State Mutual Building. <a title=\"National Museum of African History\" href=\"http:\/\/nmaahc.si.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Smithsonian National Museum of African History<\/a> would like to purchase two murals by<strong> <\/strong>Charles Alston and Hale Woodruff for $750,000 because they demonstrate &#8220;early black Californians including explorers, cowboys and oil riggers.&#8221; They would like to remove them from the building to display them at their new museum located on the second floor in the Natural Museum on American History, which is due to be begin construction in March 2012 in DC. The <a title=\"LA Conservancy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.laconservancy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">LA Conservancy <\/a>would like the murals to remain and they are seeking to landmark the building in order to preserve the murals in situ. There is a hearing scheduled for March 28 to decide their fate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3609\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"LA Curbed\" href=\"http:\/\/la.curbed.com\/archives\/2011\/03\/smithsonian_wants_murals_out_of_williams_golden_state_mutual.php#gsm-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3609\" title=\"Golden State Mutual Bldg. Murals _via LA Curbed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3_Golden-State-Mutual-Bldg.-Murals-_via-LA-Curbed.jpg\" alt=\"Golden State Mutual Bldg. Murals _via LA Curbed, as seen on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"445\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3_Golden-State-Mutual-Bldg.-Murals-_via-LA-Curbed.jpg 445w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3_Golden-State-Mutual-Bldg.-Murals-_via-LA-Curbed-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden State Mutual Bldg. Photos via LA Curbed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3610\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Mural-by-Hale-Woodruff.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3610\" title=\"Mural by Hale Woodruff\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Mural-by-Hale-Woodruff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Mural-by-Hale-Woodruff.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Mural-by-Hale-Woodruff-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden State Mutual Bldg. Photos  via LA Curbed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another link to the story in <a title=\"New York Times article\" href=\"http:\/\/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/17\/smithsonian-plan-to-remove-murals-from-los-angeles-lobby-is-criticized\/\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smithsonian Institution want murals and battles the LA Conservancy to get them, as referenced on Art Is Everywhere 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