A question was recently posed at an exhibition development meeting that was
most disturbing.  If a painting has been sold due to its exposure in a
museum exhibition, shouldn't the museum profit from this in some way such as
the gallery or artist buying a membership or other non-ethical means.  I
need to refute this idea and quick.  Can people please provide comments,
analogies or even better museums who have tried this... anecdotes.

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