Tag: Art Gallery
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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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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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9 – Bob Chase (pt 1) – “I want to go to bed knowing somebody in the world is presenting our art.”
“I want to go to bed knowing somebody somewhere in the world is presenting a piece of art of ours.” – Bob Chase It’s easy to forget sometimes – heck, even realize – that the art dealing business as we know it today is a fairly new thing. For an “ordinary” person to walk into…
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8 – “Buying a painting is like acquiring a relationship” – Guest Theron Kabrich
It’s our first October episode of the Art Dealer Show. Which means in keeping of my 1970’s understanding of programing, we have the obligatory scary story. At least one that will send a shiver down the spines of gallery folk. In this week’s episode, we continue with part two of our conversation with Theron Kabrich,…
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7 – Mimi Sperber – “It’s not a collection – It’s an addiction”
We have a lot packed into an hour for you. Our guest the owner of Off The Wall Gallery in Houston – Mimi Sperber. Mimi has been cracking at the art business for thirty-aeight years. In that time, she’s probably forgotten more then many art dealers will ever get the chance to lean. Mimi and…
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6 – Thad Markham – Other Galleries Are Not Enemies.
You can try to make a living doing what you love. Or you can try to love what makes you a living. This seems to be the two basic choices that we all face when seeking our fortune. In the case of our guest, Thad Markham it was a journey of trying it one way…