http://www.artdigestdaily.com/2005/04/19/new-york-public-library-sells-off-works-to-support-book-habit/ Art Digest Daily brings news about art from all over the web to one convenient, syndicated blog. Updated every weekday. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:04:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://www.artdigestdaily.com/2005/04/19/new-york-public-library-sells-off-works-to-support-book-habit/#comment-6 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:01:54 +0000 http://www.artdigestdaily.com/2005/04/19/new-york-public-library-sells-off-works-to-support-book-habit/#comment-6 [...] A rash of museum sales in the U.S. are coming in the next few months, as institutions with depleted endowments and cashflow problems sell off some of of their collections. The New York Public Library touched off this little wave earlier in the year when it sold almost 20 works in order to raise money for their primary mission of collecting books. Now, the Met, the MoMA, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art all have dates at the auction block to help clean out their closets. [...] […] A rash of museum sales in the U.S. are coming in the next few months, as institutions with depleted endowments and cashflow problems sell off some of of their collections. The New York Public Library touched off this little wave earlier in the year when it sold almost 20 works in order to raise money for their primary mission of collecting books. Now, the Met, the MoMA, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art all have dates at the auction block to help clean out their closets. […]

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