“There are only two seasons in Minnesota. Winter and construction.”
I always cringe when I hear that, but there’s some truth to it, even in the sculpture garden. Granted, the garden isn’t under road construction, butwe’re in the middle of restoring and protecting a number of sculptures.
A recently finished project is the repainting of Tony Smith’s Amaryllis. A before and after:
See? It really IS shinier and blacker.
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