August 27, 2008

Fate of Pollock Painting at U. of Iowa Stirs Outcry in Art World

By Kathryn Masterson

Jackson Pollock's "Mural," the wall-length jewel of the University of Iowa's art collection, sits safely in a secure, climate-controlled location in Chicago after being saved from the flooded campus earlier this summer. But the painting's long-term fate is less certain, as the possibility of selling it to pay for flood repairs is being debated in Iowa and the larger art community.

Earlier this month, Michael G. Gartner, a member of Iowa's Board of Regents, requested that the

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