Recently I've been researching the postwar history of contemporary art and architecture in Washington DC. This article sounds like it could have been written last week:
The Art Game in Washingtonby Bob Arnebeck, The Washington Post Magazine, Sept. 17, 1978.
Amid a growing art boom, local artists feel they are being overshadowed by national museums, budget-conscious curators, overly commercial gallery owners and a public that all too willingly listens to critics.
