That’s what a co-worker told me after visiting the King Tut exhibit over the weekend. “You know the Fleischner Courtyard? The one with the trees? They cut them all down to make room for an air-conditioned tent, where people wait to get into the Tut exhibit! Look at the DMA’s website. It says the Fleischner Courtyard is ‘the only living, breathing commissioned artwork in the Museum.'”
To that co-worker and to other similarly aggrieved DMA visitors, I say, “Whoa! Whoa! Relax. All is well.” Because Jill Bernstein of the DMA tells us:
With the artist’s approval, the Bradford pear trees, which, after 25 years, had reached the end of their lifespan, were removed from the courtyard. The DMA and artist Richard Fleischner are working on a new arboreal installation for 2009 that will restore trees to the Courtyard.
