I would say as long as you are above-board with the arrangement, it
is not unethical.  In other words, as long as the person is
identified as a guest curator and his/her affiliation with the
gallery is specified, that would be OK.  What isn't OK is for the
museum's curator to be dabbling in dealing art.  But there is nothing
to prevent--or discourage--gallery owners or collectors from sharing
their expertise in this way.
Anna






>  toThis 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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