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Sep 25 2007 12:00am EDT

Mass MoCA Backs Down

The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art just announced that it won't open Christoph Büchel's installation Training Ground for Democracy to the public, despite a judge's ruling on Monday that it could do so. Background here.

They'll start removing all of the installation's components — including a two-story house and an oil tanker — immediately.

Then why engage in a power struggle with the artist in the first place?

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