Citing its own troubled balance sheet, a rundown physical plant and a desire to retool its mission, last week Washington's CorcoranGallery of Art announced plans to explore the sale of its 19th-century building and move to a purpose-built facility elsewhere in Washington, or even in Maryland or Virginia.
And you simply can not ignore the masterpieces preening in their gorgeous spaces such as the Hirshhorn, east wing of the National Gallery, Corcoran and the Phillips Collection.