The Price Tag for These 10 Federal Art Projects May Surprise You

In 1962, Assistant Secretary of Labor Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a report for President John F. Kennedy on the subject of government office space. This report, “Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture,” recommended a three-point policy to guide the government in incorporating architecture and fine arts within federal buildings.

Following these guidelines, the General Services Administration formed the Art in Architecture Program with the goal of enhancing the “civic meaning of federal architecture” and to “showcase the vibrancy of American visual arts.”

According to GSA’s website, this program reserves “one-half of 1 percent of the estimated construction costs for each new federal building” for pieces of commissioned art.
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