The Functions of the Art Gallery - Edith Halpert

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Interview with Edith Halpert, director of the Downtown Gallery. Discussion of the role of the gallery and the progress of American art. Discusses the accessibility of art at the Downtown Gallery - she says that for just $25 anyone could buy a drawing and for $500 they could buy an "important work." Part of the WNYC American Art Festival Program.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 69808
Municipal archives id: LT813

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