Laura Sydell reports on a deal that's been struck between the famous Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the up-and-coming San Jose Museum of Art in California. The arrangement allows San Jose to rent high profile artworks from the Whitney. The result is that the San Jose Museum can entice more visitors with world-class exhibits, while the Whitney can simultaneously earn income and get some of its collection out of storage. The Whitney boasts the largest collection of American art in the world, ninety percent of which is in storage at any given time.
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