Dear RealEst:

>I would like to find museums or specific artists which would lease there
>art work to me for display in my office.  I will provide security and
>environmental controls.

Try a gallery, don't expect a museum to do this, its not exactly in our
mission to lease artwork held in the public trust.  Also I doubt you would
be able to comply with a museum's security, environmental or insurance
standards.  There are some galleries that do this...

You may be remembering the old days of museum sales and rental galleries. I
don't know of too many museums that do this anymore, but I would invite
them to respond here if they are still out there.

Suzanne Quigley
Head Registrar, Collections and Exhibitions
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10128
212 423 3568
fax: 212 423 3650
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