I'll See Your Lorrain and Raise You a Turner
Friday, February 05, 2010
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Ideal View of Tivoli, 1644 (Claude Gellée) (Courtesy of New Orleans Museum of Art)
The directors of the New Orleans and the Indianapolis art museums have a lot more riding on this weekend's Super Bowl than a couple of bucks in the office pool. After an arts blogger posed a challenge, they've each put up a treasured painting from their collections. The director of the losing city's museum will have to lend his masterpiece to the winner.
Produced by:
Derek John
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A very interesting story and exhibit. As a painter myself, I use mathmatics in all of my paintings. Although not ...
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I never watch the Super Bowl but because I heard about this cool challenge and the Saints so deserved to win I did, Congratulations New Orleans
I love the idea of the art bet and had followed this story, but the best part about the radio piece was using the clip of Jim Henderson's call as Garrett's fateful kick sent the ball through the uprights. Jim Henderson is one of the great NFL play callers--darn smart and articulate to boot--and it was wonderful to hear the absolute, unbridled jubilation in his voice after his having called Saints games since 1986. Gives me goose bumps every time I hear it.
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