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Palo Alto commission opens evaluation period to consider deaccession of Narduli Studio’s "Conversation" installation

5796954 · September 19, 2025
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The commission voted to start a formal evaluation that notifies the artist and opens a public comment period before any final deaccession decision for the interactive video-wall artwork "Conversation," citing technical obsolescence and maintenance challenges.

The Palo Alto Public Art Commission on Sept. 18 voted unanimously to open the formal evaluation period to consider deaccessioning Conversation, a new-media installation by Narduli Studio installed in the City Hall lobby in 2016.

What the commission opened Staff said the vote initiates the legal deaccession process: the artist will be formally notified, the commission will solicit public feedback, and the commission expects to return with a formal recommendation in December or January. Staff described a January–March period…

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