Museums Get Clio’s With Lee-O’s

Steve Hall

Mar. 30, 2007
1 min read

After reading through a New York Times article on Museums, CultureGrrl (Lee Rosenbaum) began to focus on the institution’s ad campaigns and launched own version of the Clios called Lee-O’s to acknowledge each museum’s self-promotional prowess. Awarding her Most lame award, Lee wrote, “No serious competition here, either: ‘Come for the Weather, Stay for the Art,’ from the Los Angeles County Museum. Perhaps it should be, ‘Come for the Smog, Stay Stuck in Traffic.'”

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