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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

The Mona Lisa curriculum. – Fred Klonsky

The Mona Lisa curriculum. – Fred Klonsky

The Mona Lisa curriculum

In order see the great Andy Warhol retrospective now currently at the Art Institute of Chicago we had to walk through the Ken Griffin Atrium of the Modern Wing to the galleries designated for special exhibits.
Above the entrance to the exhibit we saw the sign that the Andy Warhol show was sponsored by Ken Griffin.
In case that name is unfamiliar to you, Griffin is a Chicago billionaire – the richest man in Illinois –  a hedge funder who just recently bought another house in New York for more than 250 million dollars.
250 million bucks for a house.
In Griffin’s home town we are trying to get nurses in our schools and Ken Griffin just bought one house that could pay for that.
But enough about Ken Griffin.
Wait.
One more thing. They are going to change the name of Chicago’s venerable Museum of CONTINUE READING: The Mona Lisa curriculum. – Fred Klonsky