Yan Walther – SGS Art Services

Yan Walther

Yan Walther – SGS Art Services

19 May 2016
In this week’s edition of the ArtTactic Podcast, we speak with Yan Walther.

Yan Walther is managing director of SGS Art Services, which offers a wide range of highly technical and analytical services for the art world.

First, Yan addresses the reasons behind the increasing numbers of fraudulent artworks on the market. He explains how SGS’ technologies protect buyers from acquiring such artworks. Also, he explains why traditional condition reports are inadequate in today’s art market. Then, Yan speculates on some of the technological trends he envisions the art world embracing over the next few years.

Katie Kennedy Perez

Katie Kennedy Perez – Kennedy Fine Art

10 May 2016
In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast we speak with Katie Kennedy Perez.

Katie Kennedy Perez is founder of Geneva based Kennedy Fine Art, which provides valuations for art financing companies.

In the first instance, Katie gives us a sense of the size of the art lending industry in Europe. Katie shares to what extent the art lending industry is has grown in the past few years. She reveals if it has become difficult to value art given recent global economic volatility.  Additionally Katie explains why Europe needs to regulate this area of the market as occurs in the United States.

Lastly, Katie shares her opinion on the strength of the contemporary art market currently in Europe.

Gavin Delahunty

Gavin Delahunty – Dallas Museum of Art

19 January 2016
In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Gavin Delahunty joins us.

Gavin Delahunty is the Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art. First of all, he joins us to discuss his critically acclaimed exhibition, Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots.

First, Gavin reveals to us what inspired him to curate the largest survey of Jackson Pollock’s black paintings ever assembled.

Then, he takes us inside the process of locating the artworks around the world. Ultimately convincing collectors and museums to lend their artworks for the exhibition. Also, Gavin shares with us what having a high-quality, critically acclaimed exhibition such as the Pollock show has benefitted the city of Dallas. More broadly he gives his impressions of Dallas’ growing contemporary art scene.

Given the growth of the contemporary art market, Gavin explains to what extent, as a contemporary art curator for an institution, the art market plays in his job. Finally, Gavin speaks about the Dallas Museum of Art’s free admission initiative and to what extent he is witnessing an expanded audience at the museum as a result.

Richard Polsky – Polsky’s Andy Warhol Authentication Service

30 October 2015

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Richard Polsky, returns to the pocdast to talk with us about his new venture, Polsky’s Andy Warhol Art Authentication Service. First, Richard talks about the role the Warhol authentication committee played in the art world and the value it brought to collectors and the art market when it was in existence. Then, he speculates why no entities thus far have attempted to authenticate Warhol works and why he believes with his credentials and experiences with Warhol he’s the right person to establish a Warhol authentication business. Lastly, Richard shares his strategy as to how he can grow his business so his authenticity service is recognized and respected throughout the art world.

Julian Radcliffe – The Art Loss Register

11 August 2015

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, we’re joined by Julian Radcliffe, founder of The Art Loss Register, the world’s largest private database of lost and stolen art, antiques and collectables. First, Julian explains why all types of individuals and entities in the art world are utilizing their 450,000+ artwork database. Then, he reveals how they have aided in the recovery of over 2,000 artworks since the inception of the database. Also, Julian shares some recent trends he has observed in terms of his database usage in correlation to the tremendous increase in price for art.

Chris Marinello – Art Recovery Group

22 February 2015

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Chris Marinello, CEO of Art Recovery Group, joins us to discuss the fascinating topic of art theft.  First, Chris walks us through how Art Recovery can help an individual or group who has had an artwork stolen, from searching the marketplace to try to locate the work to negotiating a resolution based on the strength of the claim. Then, he speculates if art thefts are occurring more or less frequently than in previous decades. Lastly, Chris tells us about their newly developed database, Art Claim, and how the art world can utilize it to do due diligence to make sure there are no title issues before acquiring an artwork.

Pierre Naquin – A&F Markets

14 January 2015

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Pierre Naquin, founder of A&F Markets and editor of the new book, Art and Taxation for the Global Collector, joins us to talk about his new book. First, Pierre discusses some of the key differences in taxes related to art held in different, prominent countries in the world. Then, he touches on a number of key topics related to taxes and the art market, including why collectors and art professionals are finalliy utilizing freeports to a great extent as well as which countries impose the most and the least taxes on art collectors.

ArtTactic Forecaster Tutorial

24 October 2014

Welcome to ArtTactic Forecaster – a new addictive art world competition. ArtTactic Forecaster is an auction quiz game that earns you points and player rankings based on the accuracy of your predictions for art coming up for sale in ‘live’ auctions. Join a rapidly growing global community of players, consisting of art professionals, collectors, art enthusiasts and students. In the next few minutes I will take you through some of the key features of the game.

Michael Moses – Mei Moses Index

22 August 2014

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Michael Moses, co-founder of Beautiful Asset Advisors and the Mei Moses Index, joins us to discuss the trend of art flipping and if it is occurring more frequently in the current art market compared to in the past. First, Michael defines two types of art flipping, one which is measured by the duration of time in which an artwork appears then re-appears at auction and the other, in which an artwork is sold at auction only a short period of time after being created. Analyzing the first type of art flipping, Michael tells us that while on average the holding period of an artwork has decreased over time, the current holding time is actually barely longer than it was over the past few years during the art market peak.

Michael Moses – Mei Moses Index

22 August 2014

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Michael Moses, co-founder of Beautiful Asset Advisors and the Mei Moses Index, joins us to discuss the trend of art flipping and if it is occurring more frequently in the current art market compared to in the past. First, Michael defines two types of art flipping, one which is measured by the duration of time in which an artwork appears then re-appears at auction and the other, in which an artwork is sold at auction only a short period of time after being created. Analyzing the first type of art flipping, Michael tells us that while on average the holding period of an artwork has decreased over time, the current holding time is actually barely longer than it was over the past few years during the art market peak.

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