Agnes Monplaisir – Galerie Agnes Monplaisir

Agnes Monplaisir – Galerie Agnes Monplaisir

1 July 2015

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Agnes Monplaisir, founder of Galerie Agnes Monplaisir, chats with us about the Latin American art market.  While a lot of attention has recently been focused on China and the Middle East in terms of emerging art markets, Agnes tells us how the Brazilian art market has developed in the past few years.  Then, she discusses the high import taxes in Brazil and to what extent it has served as a hindrance on further growth in the country.  Lastly, Agnes explains how she thinks Brazil’s art market will continue to mature over the next five year.

Kenny Schachter

27 June 2015

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, dealer, writer and curator Kenny Schachter, returns to the podcast to share his thoughts on the overall contemporary art market and to give his predictions on some artworks coming up for auction next week at Phillips, Christie’s and Sotheby’s.  First, Kenny recaps his visit to Art Basel and tells us how the quality of the works compared to previous versions of the fair.  Then, in advance of next week’s auctions, he explains why market fatigue hasn’t set in this year, while it has in the past.  Lastly, Kenny predicts how artworks by Sigmar Polke, Bruce Nauman, Gerhard Richter, Christopher Wool, Andy Warhol and Sarah Lucas.

Robert Williams – Fine Artist

3 June 2015

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, we’re joined by fine artist Robert Williams, widely considered the godfather of the low brow and pop surrealist art movement. First, Robert takes us through his career as an artist considered to be an outsider to the art establishment, beginning in art school as one of the only students who didn’t want to paint in abstract expressionism style to his first gallery show at Tony Shafrazi Gallery.  Then, Robert tells us what is was like when he first achieved commercial success as an artist and how he maintained his creative and artistic integrity throughout that process. Lastly, Robert shares some advice for aspiring fine artists.

Judd Tully – Art+Auction

22 May 2015

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Judd Tully, edtior at large of Art+Auction, joins us to recap last week’s record-setting May Contemporary auctions in New York.  First, Judd focuses on the top end of the art market as he discusses the increasing presence of collectors from outside of the US and Europe who are trophy-hunting for blue chip artworks. Then, he compares this market boom to past heights, highlighting the significant differences in the makeup of today’s marketplace. Lastly, Judd speculates why the younger artists that dominated headlines in recent auctions had a much smaller presence last week in New York.

Sophie Macpherson – Sophie Macpherson Ltd

8 May 2015

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Sophie Macpherson, founder of Sophie Macpherson Ltd, the leading recruitment agency for jobs in the global art market, returns to the podcast. First, Sophie tells us about a new component of her business, helping galleries locate new properties in London for their art spaces. Then, she reveals some trends in property within London, including if galleries are moving into larger, oversized spaces or downsizing to more intimate locations as well as what areas in London are attracting emerging galleries.  Lastly, Sophie discusses some of the most fascinating trends in the art jobs market over the past year or two.

Jordan Schnitzer – Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation

17 March 2015

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast we’re joined by prominent art collector Jordan Schnitzer. The Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation loans artworks from its permanent collection to museums around the country and some of his iconic contemporary prints will be on display in an upcoming exhibition titled “Andy Warhol to Kara Walker: Picturing the Iconic” at the Art Museum of Sonoma County from April 12th to May 25th. In the podcast, Jordan first shares with us why he’s so committed to sharing prints from his collection with other museums and institutions. Then, he tells us to what extent he has witnessed recent technologies impacting printmaking and if it has factored into the proliferation of contemporary art prints. Also, Jordan compares the current state of the contemporary print market to where it was when he first began collecting and explains why the print market is a great area to focus on for beginning collectors.

Charlotte Burns – The Art Newspaper

12 March 2015

In this week’s edition of the ArtTactic Podcast, Charlotte Burns, US News, Market and Business Editor at The Art Newspaper, returns to the podcast to recap Armory Week in New York City. In the recent past, the Armory Show began to take a backseat to some of the other art fairs in the world, but it has since made a resurgence as Charlotte explains its “quiet rehabilitation”.  Then, Charlotte relays the type of art on view at the fair this year as well as what sold well. Also, she touches on the growing presence of Instagram within the art world and explains how different galleries and collectors are utilzing the platform. Finally, Charlotte tells us how confident the market remains despite some concern in the broader economy.

Mary Lane – The Wall Street Journal

18 February 2015

In this week’s edition of the ArtTactic Podcast, Mary Lane, the Wall Street Journal’s European art reporter, recaps last week’s London Contemporary auctions with us. First, Mary shares how the market viewed the auctions and if they passed the first test of 2015. Then, she reveals to what extent the declining Euro impacted Europeans’ activities in the sales as well as if non-European bidders utilized their stronger currencies. Also, with Gerhard Richter being the winner of the week, Mary summarizes his interesting market performance over the past two decades. Lastly, Mary answers if market participants are beginning to feel fatigue over the constantly rotation door of new, emerging artists to appear on the auction block.

Kenny Schachter

10 February 2015

In this week’s edition of the ArtTactic Podcast, dealer, curator and writer Kenny Schachter returns to the studio to preview this week’s Post-War and Contemporary auctions in London.  First, Kenny tells us how much buzz there is surrounding the upcoming sales, which will serve as the first market test in 2015. Then, he speculates the extent to which the falling Euro will impact not only who ends up buying art in these sales but also for the foreseeable future. Afterwards, Kenny breaks down artworks up for auction this week by Hurvin Anderson, Sterling Ruby, Gerhard Richter, Oscar Murillo, Ai Weiwei and Tauba Auerbach.

Neha Kirpal – India Art Fair

21 January 2015

In this week’s edition of the ArtTactic Podcast we’re here with Neha Kirpal, founder and director of the India Art Fair, ahead of this year’s fair, occurring Jan 29th – Feb 1st. First, Neha previews this upcoming fair by telling us about the quality of art we can expect to see on display as well as the evolving Indian collector base who will be visiting and buying at the fair. Then, she discusses how the past art market downturn actually benefited the Indian art market as it weeded out highly speculative investors from the marketplace. Lastly, Neha talks about the developing art market infrastructure in India and identifies some areas that could be improved in order for living Indian artists to feel even more supported locally.

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