Paul Conrad's Santa Monica Sculpture: Local Art Appreciation 101

Excuse the horrible image to begin a dialogue on art and its impacts, but… if tomorrow the Louvre burned to the ground and everything in it was destroyed for all time, would that news bump you much over your breakfast coffee? Let’s say that economically you had no ties to the art work in the Louvre whatsoever. You never donated a piece to the museum; you didn’t even own a company that screened