Quote of the Day: Dana Gioia
Timken Museum of Art, San Diego "There’s this ugly, modernist building, a tiny, awful little thing, and this awful little moat, that is a blemish on the entire park. It’s the Timken Gallery, which is only six rooms, and every room is full of fantastic paintings." — Dana Gioia, on Conversations with Tyler [Cowan] podcast Add California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia to the list of those who love the Timken Museum's art and hate its building. The travertine, bronze, and glass structure is by San Diego architect John R. Mock (1934-2024). Ongoing attempts to frame the Timken as an landmark of Mid-Century Modern have had limited success. Mock's death this Feb. 5 drew relatively little attention. Mock's brand of modernism had a Hollywood Regency vibe some read as kitsch. The Timken website connects Mock to "a post-World War II trend to build contemporary museum buildings to display the art of the past," invoking Louis Kahn’s revered Kimbell Museum and William P
