THE BURDEN OF HISTORY

摘要

suppose you were a pai tner of a respected New York architecture firm with an enviable resume of projects to your credit, including the American Museum of Folk Art in New York City and the Phoenix Art Museum expansion. Suppose you heard from a potential client with a $150 million budget and aspirations to build a museum of international repute to house perhaps the finest collection of Post-Impressionist paintings in the world, including 181 Renoirs, 69 Cezannes, 59 Matisses, and 46 Picassos, the collection's value estimated at $15 billion but priceless in its collective majesty.