Fresh Catch

September 2012

Insider’s tip: The smart money collects what the museums are buying.

By David Svenson

The members of the Maine Art Museum Trail are like the Seven Sisters, pursuing acquisitions across the night sky. Inside Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Farnsworth, Ogunquit, Portland, and University of Maine, curators are filling wall space with eyepopping masterpieces and shiny dark horses, establishing trends that private collectors eagerly follow.

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