Getty relevance

CHRISTOPHER Knight’s five steps for bringing the Getty into the life of L.A. [“Restoring Laurels Lost,” Feb. 5] are wonderful. One of the best art essays I’ve read since I returned to L.A. 10 years ago. Here’s my own sixth step:

The Getty should go out and get three easel paintings, one each by Matisse, Picasso and Mondrian, the best that money can buy.

R.B. KITAJ

Los Angeles

*

I think Christopher Knight was speaking of himself when he stated that personal grandiosity is one crippling issue. Knight’s continued ad nauseam, negative, acerbic diatribes about the Getty and its infrastructure provide little or no new information compared with the unjustified length of his articles. His attempts to suck readers in with new approaches always end with the same vendetta-like non sequitur. Let the Getty move forward with their audit and see how it unfolds. Knight needs to get back to critiquing art and get a life.

JANET DAVIDS

Manhattan Beach