Why High Art Didn’t Make It On The Vegas Strip

When the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum and the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art opened on the Strip, both set out to feed art to the masses. Neither was enough to justify a stop in Las Vegas for the savvy cultural tourist. But that was never the plan. The plan was to insert art where art hadn’t been, make a lot of money doing so and add cachet to the resorts.”