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National Geographic to Demolish Widely Acclaimed Sculpture MARABAR

Mar 31, 2020

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Playing Hardball at Nat Geo

May 26, 2020

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Edward Durell Stone

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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

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MARABAR Letters of Support

MARABAR Letters of Support

Sculptor Gregory Ryan Asks Preservation Board to Save MARABAR (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

Artist Joyce Kozloff on MARABAR's Place in the Feminist Art Movement (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

Artist Loren Madsen Rallies to Defend Elyn Zimmerman's MARABAR (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

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Artist Michelle Stuart Writes to the Preservation Board to Defend MARABAR (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

Professor Joseph Low ("Pepe") Karmel Writes about the Art Historic Importance of MARABAR (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

Contemporary Sculpture Expert Marin Sullivan Advocates for MARABAR (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

Artist Martin Kline Writes That Demolition of MARABAR Would Be a "crime" (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

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New Yorker Magazine Staff Writer Calvin Tomkins and Curator/Writer Dodie Kazanjian Deem Plans to Destroy MARABAR "immoral"

MARABAR Letters of Support

Artist Mary Miss Calls on National Geographic to "re-visit" MARABAR Demolition Plans (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

Nobel Prize Winner Harold Varmus Wants MARABAR to Remain Accessible to All (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

Architect Frederick Fisher Advocates for a "creative solution" to Retain MARABAR (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

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Architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Cite MARABAR as a "beautiful contemplative public space" (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

Emeritus Professor of Urbanism Witold Rybczynski Asks HPRB to Reconsider Demolition of MARABAR (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

New Yorker magazine staff writer Adam Gopnik Protests Plans to Demolish MARABAR (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Director Jennifer Duncan Writes That MARABAR Is a "national Treasure" (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

Art Patrons Sydney and Walda Besthoff Condemn Plans to Destroy MARABAR (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Chairman Emeritus Architect David Childs Urges Preservation of MARABAR (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

Landscape Architect Cheryl Barton on the Engaging Power of MARABAR (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

Whitney Museum Director Adam Weinberg Weighs In on Potential Destruction of MARABAR (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

Association for Public Art Urges Review Board to Preserve MARABAR (2020)

MARABAR Letters of Support

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Professor Emeritus of Architecture Marc Treib Weighs In on Potential Destruction of MARABAR (2020)

Feature Stories

TCLF Talks to Elyn Zimmerman

Press Releases

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Whitney Museum Director Weinberg and Association for Public Art Director Bach Call for Safeguarding Threatened MARABAR Art Installation at National Geographic

Apr 21, 2020

Press Releases

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Architecture Scholar: Threatened MARABAR is “an important piece of America’s art heritage” and “certainly one of the great works of the later twentieth century”

Apr 08, 2020

Press Coverage

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National Geographic Headquarters plaza redesign threatens historically significant sculpture

Mar 31, 2020

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