In a battle between crosstown rivals, the landmark Robert Rauschenberg piece 'Canyon' is set to be donated to MOMA instead of the the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which had held the piece for a number of years. The agreement comes after a contest between the two museums to gain the favor of the owning family who had to donate it as part of a settlement with the IRS (a saga blogged about here http://marionart23.blogspot.com/2012/07/value-0-taxes-29-million-art-catch-22.html)...
Take a look!
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/arts/design/moma-gains-treasure-that-metropolitan-museum-of-art-also-coveted.html?ref=design
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