Artelligence Podcast

A panel discussion at ArtBasel Miami Beach offering perspectives on the future of the art market as the global economy moves toward significant re-adjustment with Wilbur Ross, Jr., Steven Tananbaum and Jeffrey Deitch.

Robert Heffel of Canada's leading auction house, Heffel Fine Art, discusses the firm's Post-War and Contemporary art and Fine Canadian art sales that will take place on November 26, 2015. The Fine Canadian art sale features three important works by Lawren Harris, the Group of Seven artist who was featured at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles this Fall.

Mathias Rastorfer, CEO and Co-owner of Galerie Gmurzynksa, talks about the survey of Joan Miro's work the gallery has mounted for its 50th Anniversary. The exhibition comprises early, radically abstract-surrealist museum-works such as the 1925 “Circus Horse” or the beautifully-hued 1927 “Peinture;” rarely seen mixed-media “Collage-Drawings” of the 1930s; a suite of large drawings picturing fantastic biomorphic interpretations on the female figure and on the theme of lovers; and a distinct group of Miró’s commanding anthropomorphic bronze sculptures from the 1960s to 1970s.

Fred Hills and Daisy Sanders of Collisart discuss the growing international demand for American paintings and their experiences at Masterpiece, the London art fair.

Collector turned private dealer, Stavros Merjos, discusses his love for the work of Ed Ruscha, hot artists from the 1980s and their markets, LA collectors, Richard Prince and why Warhols are still really, really cheap but won't be forever.

Rudiger Weng describes the business logic behind his new venture, Weng Contemporary, which hopes to transform the market for prints and multiples by contemporary artists.

Judd Tully of Art + Auction and Scott Reyburn of the International New York Times discuss the May 2015 cycle of marquee art auctions in New York. With sales totals well above $2bn, Christie's bold move to consolidate sales and its aggressive use of guarantees have pushed the art market into new territory.

Heffel holds its Spring sales in Vancouver on May 27th amid growing interest in Canadian art exemplified by the popularity of the Dulwich Picture Gallery's show of Emily Carr and the upcoming Lawren Harris show co-curated by Steve Martin coming to the Hammer Museum.

Alfred Pacquement, former director of the Centre Pompidou, Sukanya Rajaratnam of Mnuchin Gallery and Daniel Hantai, discuss the artist's career and his position within the history of abstract painting.

Global gallerists Rachel Lehmann and David Maupin discuss artists, collectors and running a gallery with offices on opposite sides of the world serving artists and collectors everywhere in between.

Joshua Roth, Head of United Talent Agency's new department representing artists, discusses the new options for artists to reach a wider audience through relationships with global brands, his background in a Los Angeles art collecting family, LA's changing art culture and the role for curators in the new global art ecosystem.

Scott Reyburn of the International New York Times discusses the TEFAF art fair, the growth of online art sales and the future of Sotheby's now that a new Chairman has been installed along with his hand-picked CEO.

Former Federal Prosecutor Victor J. Rocco, now chair of Herrick Feinstein's White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice, discusses what gallery owners should do when faced with a subpoena or questions from law enforcement. Several stories in the press cite the Manhattan District Attorney's office as conducting an investigation of gallery practices around sales tax collection.

In this episode of the Artelligence Podcast Judd Tully talks about the dealers, the fairs (at the piers and on Park avenue) and the sales during this year's Armory Week.

The International New York Times's Art Market correspondent, Scott Reyburn, discusses his story on London's private dealers and their struggle with "buyers" instead of "collectors." Also, we discuss the Arttactic confidence survey, Marcato's renewed attacks on Sotheby's board, Sotheby's deal with RM Auctions to get a foothold in the classic car market, and much more.

Scott Reyburn discusses the London Contemporary sales and the possibility that the art market has achieved a new, sustainable level; Thorstein Veblen's idea of conspicuous consumption; and the weight of auction catalogues.

Colin Gleadell recaps the London Impressionist and Modern sales at Sotheby's and Christie's; Artnet's Director of Marketing, Thierry Dumoulin, explains the site's new partnership with TEFAF.

Hrag Vartanian of Hyperallergic describes his trip to LA for a series of art fairs including the LA Art Book Fair and ArtLA Contemporary; James Tarmy of Bloomberg and Brian Boucher from Artnet News talk about the New York Old Master sales.

Patricia Cohen of the New York Times discusses the reaction to her story about private museum tax exemptions; Rob Weisberg describes Invaluable's strategy, its alliances with eBay and Epai in China as well as the growth prospects for art collectibles.

This section of the September 2011 Artelligence Modern Market panel opens with Helly Nahmad explaining how Chinese buyers came to collect Giorgio Morandi (pictured) paintings and continues to explore the artists Guy Bennett, Nicholas Maclean and Nicholas Acquavella saw as worth buying and holding.