No other name in recent American history conjures up the image of the skilled collector as readily as that of Malcolm Forbes.

"Ghost of John McCain" may fail. Even spectacularly. But art deserves the space to fail. Without it, the good things most of us could never have imagined would never have the chance to grow.

Helen McCain Cargo was an artist who was born in 1933. Birmingham Museum of Art featured Helen McCain Cargo's work in the past. The artist died in 2008.