Temporary art and museum exhibits in empty space

The New York Times reports on "pop up" art exhibits in empty London storefronts, in "Where London Storefronts Were Empty, Art Moves In."

My Bad Bank public art project, Notting Hill, London. Submitted to the New York Times by David Johannson.

For many years, the Storefront Artist Project in Pittsfield, Massachusetts has done something like this, which isn't uncommon in other places as well.

For at least 10 years, I've wondered why empty storefronts in Downtown DC don't do the same thing, but also with temporary museum type exhibits as well. (See "New pop-up museum has community appeal" from Denver Your Hub.)

Although I can't imagine a stodgy building owner like JBG or Akridge being willing to lend their imprimatur to exhibits like this:

Flickr photo by ghostpix, of the Coney Island Waterboarding "thrill ride" performance art project. See "Coney Island Sideshow Has Guantánamo Waterboarding as Its Theme" from the New York Times.


From an out of print publication by the Downtown DC Business Improvement District.