All-Star Panel on the Museum Collecting Crisis

Here’s a panel discussion, to be held on Feb. 24, 10 a.m. to noon, that I’m sure my NYC-area readers will find interesting:
ADAA [the Art Dealers Association of America] will present a Collectors’ Forum panel discussion entitled “The Museum as Collector.” This historic gathering of museum directors will discuss one of the most critical issues affecting the art world today—the building of collections at major institutions. With prices at astronomical levels, the atmosphere has never been more heated and challenging. How will museums compete with collectors for the world’s great works of art? What strategies are institutions using to survive and thrive?
The discussion, at the Museum of Modern Art, features MoMA’s director, Glenn Lowry; Nicholas Serota, director, Tate, London; Kathy Halbreich, director, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Emily Rauh Pulitzer, founder and chairman, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis. Its moderator is Tom Eccles, executive director, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. It is being held in conjunction with the annual fair held by ADAA members, The Art Show, Feb. 22-26 at the Park Avenue Armory.
I’d call it a must-see, if it weren’t for the fact that tickets cost $35 in advance. (That makes MoMA’s infamous $20 admission fee seem like a bargain!) If the price doesn’t daunt you, e-mail adaa@artdealers.org.
Better yet, I hereby deputize you as CultureGrrl‘s special correspondents. Now you can all get in for free, as press! (Don’t actually try this.)