Robbin;
 
I am very disturbed by your expressed lack of sympathy for dealers in the
aftermath of the Northridge quake.  Without dealers how would the
majority of artists earn a living?   The fact that dealers have
been harmed has a direct economic effect on artists.
 
Yours,
 
Loren C. Pigniolo                                 | voice/fax: 415/665-1827
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On Fri, 28 Jan 1994, Robbin Murphy wrote:
 
> In the "Inside Art" column of the NY Times today (1/28/94, C23) Carol
> Vogel reports that several art galleries in the Santa Monica area were
> damaged in the earthquake including Burnett Miller and Shoshana Wayne,
> which lost an entire Bruce Nauman installation borrowed from a Swiss
> museum. Does anyone have more information about other galleries in the
> LA area? One artist lost an entire show that was scheduled to open in
> New York next month. I have little sympathy for dealers but there may
> be a large number of artists who, as usual, have been overlooked in
> the rubble.
>
> Robbin Murphy
> NYU/Museum Studies
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