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
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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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