Valerie F. Brooks, in ARTnews (Summer 1982), 122 East 42nd St., New York. N.Y. 10168.
Public art museums may be strapped for cash today, but corporate art buying is on the rise. Chase Manhattan Bank's collection, begun in 1959, is worth $7.5 million, and its art purchaser is looking for more- which is good news for contemporary artists, writes Brooks, assistant managing editor of The ARTnewsletter.
Since the mid-1970s, corporate buyers have been aggressively seek- ing art they can display where...