The Right Stuff
In your mailbox? Catalogs of stuff. On the tube and the radio? Stuff for sale. Dinnertime conversation? “Oh, you have that stuff? You should try this stuff.” Weekend plans? Well, there’s stuff in the basement and the garage. Stuff to dust, throw out, polish, tune up, paint, reupholster. When we’re done, well, there’s stuff to play with. That’s your stuff and my stuff. But what about our stuff? All that resplendent stuff in our museums – everlasting, climate-controlled and lovingly displayed. In 1793, the French republicans persuaded the royals to open their Palais du Louvre to all of France, thus…