It's my money, and I'll cry if I want to
Edvard Munch may not be my personal favourite, but he is arguably the greatest Norwegian painter ever. I am also not enchanted with the Lambda design for a new museum. As politicians have been playing ping-pong with the plans for a future Munch museum, what annoys me is that the political ambiguity incurs costs, not unlike like a drunken sailor on shore leave. Norwegian daily Dagbladet reports a maintenance cost of NOK 400 000 000, some € 50 000 000 while the city of Oslo reconsiders the location.
And this is hardly a first. New airport for Oslo went through the same motions of final decisions revised. As has many a public initiative over the years. I really, really wouldn't like to have my tax money wasted like that.
