On Sat, 30 Jul 1994 14:01:44 -0400,
Robbin Murphy  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
>On another note: The ever-trendy Whitney Museum of American
>Art now has a few pictures up in the San Jose Mercury News
>section of America Online.  This is the first example of a museum working
>with a commercial online newspaper that I know of and I think it's
>worth keeping an eye on.
>
>As to why the Whitney is in San Jose, they've made a deal
>with the SJ Museum of Art to provide work for four
>18-month exhibitions. The pix are online as part of
>an article on the opening of the first. Another
>forward-looking move by the Whitney: sharing collections.
 
ROBBIN, and list: For another take on the Whitney/San Jose "deal" see last
Thursday's (21 July) _WSJ_: Lee Rosenbaum, "Museums Hire Out Their
Collections"--Interesting questions are raised, some that should be
answered before any of us attempt large scale collection sharing programs.
Best,      JIM