“What do you have in mind?”

“It’s a major undertaking Bette, but something that I’ve wanted to do for years. Now with your help I can fully dedicate my time to it.”

“I’m listening.” 

“Well you know how I’ve always said that I want my art collection to be displayed? I don’t believe in storing beautiful art in warehouses and that is where much of my collection sits at this time. Before I divested the company I owned a lot of real estate around the world but as I sold them I couldn’t bring myself to sell the art so everything’s been shipped to a storage facility here in New York.

Phase I of my plan is to decide which pieces I will keep in my private collection to display in my homes and at the headquarters here in NY and the one that we will build in Los Angeles. Phase II will be selecting the pieces to be sold, donated, or put on permanent exhibit. I want the Porter Gallery to be the exclusive outlet for the pieces to be sold. I want to donate some of the pieces to the CAC, MOMA, Whitney, MOCA, and Hammer Museums but the biggest piece of this project is Phase III. I want to build out the Peabody Museums as part of the east and west coast headquarters that will house the permanent Peggy Peabody collection. I already have the space in this building so it’s just a matter of reallocating space and doing the renovations. With your help I hope we can find the right location in Los Angeles for a similar set-up. Bette I want you to oversee the project and work side by side with me throughout the three phases.”

“Peggy you weren’t kidding. This is huge. It will take a couple of years to accomplish maybe even longer as I still have a gallery to run in Los Angeles. It would also mean spending months at a time here in New York.”

“I realize that Bette but I wouldn’t trust anyone else in the world to oversee this monumental undertaking. I can’t do it without you. I promise I will provide every resource that you need. I think we can trust James to curate the exhibit at the Porter Gallery and we’ll get him some temporary help. We can get a broker to deal with the donated pieces but I need you to personally manage the permanent collections and set up the museums. Would you trust “Provocations” or Allyn Barnes’ work to anyone else?”