Virginia Postrel, Columnist

Hey, Matisse, How About a Time Share in Atlanta?

There is, however, a way Detroit could raise money and share its art with other cities without relinquishing its treasures altogether:Â a time share.

June 7, 2013 at 4:58 PM UTC

By Virginia Postrel

Virginia Postrel is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. She is a visiting fellow at the Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy at Chapman University and author, most recently, of “The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World.”

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Detroiters are up in arms at the suggestion in my column today that the treasures in the Detroit Institute of Arts might be better off in museums in younger, growing cities. They have completely understandable parochial interests -- and local pride -- at stake. But they also have bankruptcy staring them in the face.

There is, however, a way Detroit could raise money and share its art with other cities without relinquishing its treasures altogether: a time share.