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Opinion: Open Wall nights could lead to the next artistic visionary

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An art gallery worker lost his job in February after hanging up his own art. NPR's Scott Simon thinks an Open Wall night might be a good way to give artists who are not huge names a chance to shine.

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The Pinakothek der Moderne showcases art by Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Nam June Paik and Max Ernst, among many others. The uninvited artist is not named in news accounts; the curators want to discourage others trying the same thing. Unless, of course, they're Banksy. We know only that the rogue artwork was 23 by 47 inches.

"Sometimes it can feel like it's the same 25 artists always being exhibited in museums," Clara Lieu, a former Rhode Island School of Design professor and the founder of the arts education site Art Prof, told us."I had a small chuckle when I saw this story," she added."It's an exhibition opportunity that has never crossed my mind."But she says she hopes other artists won't follow with their own unsanctioned wall hangings.

I wonder if museums and galleries might consider having Open Wall nights, the way comedy clubs have Open Mic nights. Let people who paint, sculpt, knit, spray-paint, or make collages put their work on a real museum wall or pedestal for a night, with permission.

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