The U.S. has too many painters but not enough galleries. Because of high gallery fees and commissions, the too-numerous painters have a hard time getting their pictures into the too-few galleries. Two young Minneapolis painters, Robert Kilbride and Byron Bradley, have thought of a way out. Along with five other young artists, they have opened the Art Collectors Club—a combination supermarket and lending library for pictures.
In a small three-room gallery in Minneapolis' dingy Bridge Square section, the A.C.C. sells oils for $40 and $50, water-colors from $15 to $25, drawings even lower....
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