State Department Spending $400,000 on a Camel Statue in Pakistan
31st March 2014
Hey, Joe Camel can afford some primo lobbyists.
The State Department may have gotten a pretty good deal on the camel, since Baldessari has sold even less inspiring works for millions. But they could have done even better if they had opened the opportunity to competition. The department didn’t do that though, insisting that only this camel could satisfy the “unique artistic criteria” for the embassy.
After all, it’s not as if the American taxpayer has anything better to do with that money.