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COMMUNICATING RESPECTFULLY WITH ARTISTS
Collector Georges joins a studio visit organized by the Friends of ARMO Museum at artist Ileana’s studio downtown. Over a
glass of wine, Georges tells Ileana that she should look at stepping up the scale of her work, think bigger, and be more
ambitious. He tells Ileana he has a collection of over 300 works and that he knows everyone at ARMO in case she needs
anything. Ileana is quite upset by the situation as she finds Georges’ behavior borderline flirtatious, and she can’t even finish
her answers before he talks over her with more information about himself and his collection. Is Georges behaving
appropriately?