For art collectors interested in donating a work, one be concerned has lengthy been that their reward, a beneficial, perhaps loved, painting would turn out to be in a museum basement , the place many gadgets from everlasting collections reside, unseen. For museums, who depend on the generosity of donors, the problem has been that it's problematic to compete for works in opposition t the most prestigious and universal of their form. "americans know about foremost museums just like the Whitney, the Met and the Guggenheim," referred to Carter E. Foster, a curator at Blanton Museum of art in Austin, Texas. "however they don't comprehend us." So curators like Foster and collectors, like Michael Straus, are cautiously optimistic in re gards to the knowledge of a new undertaking, the Museum trade , a subscription on-line catalog of works up for donation that goals to position collectors trying to discover buildings for their possessions involved with museums look