Actually, I wasn't as clear as I should have been in my first message. The
artist acting as a curator would not include his own work at all; and we
often work with artists acting as curators in this way. The issue I am
specifically asking about it is about the dealer.
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Susan Hapgood
Director of Exhibitions
Independent Curators International
799 Broadway, Suite 205
New York, New York  10003
Phone 212-254-8200 X23
Fax   212-477-4781
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> From: Arlyn Danielson <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:55:06 -0500
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: conflict of interest?
>
> This could be a conflict of interest.  If you showcase the artist's work
> at various venues, perhaps this artist could use that show to benefit
> financially on his work by saying that his work is now so good that it
> is seen in several museums around the country and therefore is now worth
> more.  On the other hand, perhaps it wouldn't matter.  A lot depends on
> who mostly buys this person's art. If it is just the public at large,
> maybe it would not matter, but if other museums are interested, perhaps
> this could be unfair advantage for this artist and dealer.  Not knowing
> any other details, this seems to me a tricky situation.  I am curious
> what other museum professionals have to say about it.
> Arlyn Danielson
> Newseum
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Hapgood [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:14 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: conflict of interest?
>
> We have a dilemma -- an artist and dealer have proposed a fabulous
> traveling exhibition idea, but it would be a museum exhibition. Is the
> dealer acting as curator such an obvious conflict of interest that we
> should not even entertain the prospect? We have suggested that the
> artist work with someone else, but the artist very badly wants to work
> with only this one person, who is quite knowledgable on the subject,
> which does fall into the purview of the dealer's gallery program too.
>
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