Competition aims dart at Art Institute stores From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: March 17, 1992| Author: Lori Rotenberk | Copyright 1992 Chicago Sun-Times. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

"Even a great museum shouldn't be allowed to gamble your money in a retail business."

That's the headline of an advertisement scheduled to appear March 24 in the Chicago Tribune. Its target: the Art Institute of Chicago.

The Coalition for Fair Business Practices, which postponed running the ad today, complains that the Art Institute uses taxpayer money to finance its museum retail stores at 900 N. Michigan Ave. and the Oakbrook Center. Another is planned for the Woodfield Ma...

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