She twice served as its president, although she insisted she had no curatorial expertise.

Her selection is a mixed bag, proving if anything that curatorial expertise has no tendency to elicit a particular stylistic direction (or level of quality) from artists.

In exchange, the Guggenheim will provide use of its collection of modern and contemporary art, curatorial expertise and prestige.

But what has happened here is the almost wholesale termination of the curatorial expertise that resides at the museum.

"We will provide curatorial and administrative expertise but it won't be a financial drain on us."

With the hiring of Mr. Weil, 39, it has also gained some needed curatorial expertise.

Secure as many loans as possible and lots of curatorial expertise from the region's premier national museums.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art prides itself on its curatorial expertise, special viewing arrangements and access to private collections.

But to have access to MOMA's collection and its curatorial expertise is a tremendous resource for us.

Mr. Rogers, a Briton whose curatorial expertise is in British portraiture, made no apologies.