Image: Maya Lin's plan model for Queen Anne Square in Newport, R.I.
You may have missed it during Art Basel. Interesting article. Old vs. New...
"Doris Duke Memorial Plan by Maya Lin Splits Newport"
By RANDY KENNEDY
Published: November 28, 2011
NEWPORT, R.I. — When Doris Duke was clearing a patch of derelict buildings here in the late 1970s to create a modest patch of open space known as Queen Anne Square, she was sometimes spotted personally directing the backhoe drivers at dusk, acting as both foreman and steward of the enormous fortune that she lavished on such restoration projects.
The same kind of New England pluck and perspicacity is now stoking an unusual battle, 18 years after Ms. Duke’s death, over a plan to create a permanent, minimalist art installation in honor of her legacy on this swath of green that she left behind in a former commercial area near the harbor...