Des Moines Art Center pays $900,000 to artist Mary Miss to remove her costly environmental sculpture.

The Des Moines Art Center will pay artist Mary Miss $900,000 to remove her artwork "Greenwood Pond: Double Site," an environmental sculpture in a park pond that became too costly to maintain. Miss had sued the art center to prevent the demolition, but the settlement allows the artwork to be dismantled, with efforts possibly delayed by winter weather. The Cultural Landscape Foundation will create a new advocacy fund, receiving a donation from Miss to support threatened public art.

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