The May, 1966 edition of Art International contained another of Kurt's "Letters from Los Angeles," in which he explores the growing influence of Los Angeles on America's fine art scene. In discussing the landscape paintings of artist Alan D'Arcangelo, Kurt notes, "Any traditional landscape image could now be made to look perhaps more natural for Americans by running a four- or six-lane divided highway down its middle." His criticism of the Los Angeles Museum of Art is more pointed: "...unless the entire structure and outlook of the Museum's non-professional directors and controllers change radically, it will become just another house of death-of-the-spirit and archive of pretty things."
