Author: mcartdealer
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19 What in the Gallery Is Telling Them Not to Buy from You? – Guest Richard Perry, Part II
How about this for a show tease? An Andy Warhol painting changes the lives of a civil servant’s family forever, Dali’s pet ocelot gets out of control, and the chance encounter of a 19 year old and a famous eccentric millionaire made gallery history in Las Vegas. Now if that does not have you hooked for…
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18 “I Demand Complete Loyalty” from the Collector – Guest Dewey Graff
From day one, it was a goal of the show to talk as many different types of art sellers as we could get on the mic—from art consultants working the floor of a mall gallery to the jet set industry movers who make headlines. Which certainly includes the art brokers who find their own place…
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17 Gallery Staffing: The Achilles Heel to the Art Biz. – Guest Heidi Leigh, Pt. 2
As promised, we’ve returned with part two of our conversation with Heidi Leigh, owner of AFA Gallery in SOHO New York and Belcastel France. And if you liked part one, I can promise that you’ll love part two. When I asked Heidi “what is the toughest thing about running a gallery today?”, she replied “same…
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16 Who killed the “cool” in the art business? – Guest Richard Perry, owner of Centaur Gallery in Las Vegas
How about this for an interview starter? When this episode’s guest Richard Perry, the owner of Centaur Gallery in Las Vegas, first entered into the art business the company he built his career at had just been shut down by the IRS, the president had fled to Mexico with the accountant, and the Fed seized…
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15 The Rolling Stones Art Dealing Lesson & Guest Heidi Leigh Of AFA Gallery
As you know by Now, I love a good art dealer story. And our guest Heidi Leigh, the owner of AFA Gallery (Soho New York / Paris) has brought us some great ones. We are going follow the unlikely journey that a professional dancer in San Francisco took to become a SOHO gallerist. We’ll hear…
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14 Bob Chase Pt II – Is Old School The Only School?
The wait is over, and we are back with part II of my conversation with Bob Chase, president of Chase Art. And If you enjoyed part one as much as I did, I can assure you that this second chapter is as interesting as it is different from the first. (if you didn’t hear part…
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13 Nim Vaswani – An Art Dealer By Any Other Name
Nim Vaswani An Art Dealer By Any Other Name If the art world has its equivalent to an old-time tent revival it would the “Road Show Company.” Since 1997, Nim Vaswani and his devoted crew of art dealers have criss-crossed the United States and beyond, putting on art shows with A-list artists inside galleries in B–level markets. Dali to…
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12 Art gallery owner Thad Markham Pt II: Why killing to join a gang is like selling art?
Are you ready for the first Art Dealer Show of the New Year? We are back with part II of my conversation with Thad Markham, the owner of Artifacts Gallery in Cambria, California and the designer/publisher of Out Of The Bowl. Last time Thad and I talked a lot about the path he took to…
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11 Bridgette Mayer: A Personal Tale Of Survival and Redemption
Many are calling 2016 a year of loss. If it was not a presidential candidate for you, it was at least Prince, Bowie and of course Leonard Cohen. As much as I’m personally saddened by our loss of them and many others, I am grateful for at least one thing–I got to launch The Art…
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10 Tony Pernicone – An Odyssey in the Art Business.
I’ve alway been fond of the cautionary words from an unknown sage – “choose your profession before it chooses you.” These sobering words used to guid me as much as keep me up all night staring at the ceiling. This week those words of wisdom have once again found their way back in to my…
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