Should Seattle's Silos Get Art Painted on Them? Would It Even Be Art? Would They Still Be Silos? Discuss.

Are silos artistic? Or do they need art painted on them? This painting, made by American modernist Charles Sheeler in 1927, is a piece of industrial-architecture worship. It's called My Egypt. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Purchase, with funds from Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
On Tuesday, Marcie Sillman of KUOW reported about a woman who wants to put art on the grain silos at Pier 86 in Seattle. Her name is Betty Winfield. As Sillman said, "One day she looked at the 68 grain silos tha