"Perhaps we had better postpone my art purchase to some other time."

But she is dissatisfied with the result, and says she wants to participate in creating a policy on art purchases.

Financing of art purchases, a phenomenon of the 1980's, is not done by major banks.

Tickets $50 (the cost can be applied to an art purchase); (212) 505-5300.

The new Denver airport, scheduled to open in 1993, has $6.5 million set aside for art purchases.

But some experts say art purchases should be based on more than an impulsive emotional connection.

As always, a record art purchase sends some people into throes of comparative anxiety.

The museum's endowment for art purchases is currently at less than $7.8 million.

Each year he spent 100,000 to 150,000 francs from his civil list allowance on art purchases or cultural patronage.

Thus far, more than $1 million in back taxes on art purchases has been returned to the city and state in this ongoing investigation.