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CHICAGO’S ART SPACES BATTENED DOWN DURING NATO SUMMIT



Chicago’s art spaces battened down during Nato summit
Barricades were erected around two of the city’s public works of art, while museums and art institutions increased security or closed altogether

By Anny Shaw. Web only
Published online: 24 May 2012

As protesters clashed with police at the recent Nato summit in Chicago, barricades were erected around two of the city's public works of art, while museums and art institutions increased security or closed altogether. Despite the preparations, or perhaps because of it, although the demonstrations were heated, no works of art were damaged.

Marc Chagall’s mosaic, The Four Seasons, which was dedicated to the city in 1974 but funded by the First National Bank of Chicago (later to become JP Morgan Chase) and so is privately owned, was completely boarded up at the foot of the Chase Tower. Picasso's untitled sculpture in Daley Plaza, which dates to 1967 and is owned by the Public Building Commission of Chicago, was fenced off a week before the Nato summit (20-21 May). Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for Chicago's department of cultural affairs said before the summit that it had no plans to protect the works of art in public places under its jurisdiction, including those in Millennium Park. According to Dan Simon of the Glass and Metal Alliance, who was contracted to build a protective cover for the Chagall work, companies were urged not to board up their windows and to “carry on with business as usual”.

Michelle Obama hosted a dinner for Nato spouses at the Art Institute on Sunday, while hundreds of protesters gathered outside. Riot police were deployed, forming a circle around the building. Despite a few water bottles being thrown, the protesters dispersed peacefully and no damage was done to the museum building.

The directors of the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Art Institute and the Fine Arts Building closed their institutions for the weekend—some fearing damage from protesters, with others anticipating road blocks and traffic jams.


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