EPISODE · Nov 1, 2006 · 4 MIN
Museums' Delicate Dancing
from Art Talk
Right now, there are two exhibitions in Southern California--one in San Diego and the other in Los Angeles--both speaking volumes about the ways savvy museum directors and curators develop relationships with private collectors. In building their art collections, American museums have always depended on the "kindness of strangers" or, to put it more precisely, on the generosity of private collectors, while their European counterparts could count on royal patronage or government support...
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