26W21. The unbearable lightness of Calder’s mobiles (opens in new tab)

When you’re not as rich as you’d like and not as powerful as you’d think, you plaster gold trinkets all over your Oval Office. When you’re as rich as millions of people combined and as powerful as most democratically elected heads of state, you plaster your munificence all over public amenities. Rockefeller , Carnegie , even Bernard Arnault did it. You can barely recognize LV’s monogram on top of its entrance, but make no mistake, the is testament to Arnault’s grip over France’s public affair...