Best Sharon Obuobi Podcasts (2024)

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VIRGINIA DAMTSA, GALLERIST & CURATOR 1:13:36

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Virginia Damtsa- CULTIVATING ARTISTIC FUTURES & CATALYST FOR CONTEMPORARY VISIONARIES With a wealth of experience spanning twenty-seven years, Virginia Damtsa, Director of VVA VirginiaVisualArts Ltd., stands as a seasoned and respected Art Dealer, Art Gallerist, Curator, Cultural Strategist and Artist Agent, bringing a unique and invaluable perspec…

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ADAM BLACKWOOD, PRIVATE DRAMA EVENTS 1:10:50

1M ago1:10:50

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Adam Blackwood trained as a professional actor at RADA and has over 25 years’ experience working in film, theatre and television. In 2002 he founded Private Drama Events, the UK’s leading multi-award-winning experiential and events agency, while also overseeing the corporate theatre space for several years at The Globe Theatre with fellow RADA alum…

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SHARON OBUOBI, AFRICAN ART EXPERT & ART/LUXURY FINANCIAL ASSET ANALYST 1:04:02

2M ago1:04:02

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Sharon Obuobi is a talented entrepreneur with experience in art, business and technology. She currently conducts research in data science and innovation for fintech and insurtech use cases. Her business Alt/Finance develops solutions which optimise market intelligence to improve the experience of consumers in these industries. Alt/Finance was launc…

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JAMES WARD, FOUNDER & DIRECTOR OF JC GALLERY, MAYFAIR, LONDON 1:12:57

2M ago1:12:57

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KEYWORDS: JC GALLERY; ALTHORP HOUSE, NORTHANTS, UK; HERITAGE INDUSTRY; HOUSE MANAGER; AMERICAN MODERNISM; MODERNIST ART; GALLERY CURATION; CURATOR; GALLERIST; SPENCER FAMILY Driven by a passion and speciality in American Modernism, James Ward opened JC Gallery in the heart of London’s Mayfair in 2021. JC Gallery is the first European gallery to spe…

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DAVID PRESTON, ART LOGISTICS EXPERT & REGIONAL DIRECTOR UK&I, CROWN FINE ART LTD 1:14:17

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Having worked in every area of art handling & shipping since 1993, David has a wide knowledge and understanding of how his specialism interfaces with the wider art market and the related rules that govern it. His experience working within the industry has made him well known for providing solutions to the most complex art transport and installation…

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LAURA PEH, PUBLISHER & ART COLLECTOR: SINGAPORE ART WEEK 1:01:39

3M ago1:01:39

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Laura Peh is the founder and creative director of Cinnamon Art Publishing - an independent publishing house specialising in illustrated non-fiction books for children. She is also an accomplished concert harpist and keen contemporary art collector, focusing on socially-engaged practices from artists of Southeast Asian, Latin American and Middle Eas…

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MARINE TANGUY, CEO MTArt AGENCY & AUTHOR OF 'VISUAL DETOX' (2024) 1:01:27

3M ago1:01:27

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Marine Tanguy launched Certified B Corporation, MTArt Agency in 2015, following a career in visual arts in London and LA. MTArt agency is worth £35 million and is the art sector’s leading talent agency representing some of the most talented, forward-thinking artists in the world. The agency looks to support, promote and enable artists to work with …

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ANINDO SEN, INDIAN ART & TECH SPECIALIST 1:16:43

4M ago1:16:43

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Anindo is an alumnus of the MA Art Business programme at Sotheby's Institute of Art London and a specialist on technology and Indian art and its markets. The podcast starts with a 15-minute history of Indian art and its markets. We then discuss Anindo's experiences of the first edition of the Mumbai Art Fair and his opinions on the potential for ex…

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PAOLA LUCENTE, Director and Curator, Procreate Project 1:06:41

9M ago1:06:41

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Paola Lucente is the Director and Curator of Procreate Project, the first UK social enterprise which supports the development of contemporary artists who are also mothers working with different types of art. She holds a BA in Visual art and an MA in Art Management Psychology and has previously worked at the Guggenheim Museum, Marian Goodman Gallery…

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Claire Fry & Joanna Shepard, Art & Heritage Conservators 1:12:27

10M ago1:12:27

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Claire is an accredited conservator specialising in preventive conservation for historic house and museum collections. She has over twenty years experience of all aspects of preventive conservation/collections care including: condition audits and risk assessments; collection care plans; conservation housekeeping; environmental monitoring and contro…

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MITHRA STEVENS, ART LOGISTICIAN & SUSTAINABILITY ENTREPRENEUR 54:12

10M ago54:12

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Mithra Stevens is an art historian specialising in sustainable logistics within the fine art sector. She recently completed her MA in Art Logistics at Sotheby’s Institute whilst working for ROKBOX and has previous experience working as an exhibition manager and picture framer. Mithra recently won the Sotheby's Institute of Art Enterprise Studio Gav…

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STEVE SABELLA, ARTIST & AUTHOR 1:01:02

11M ago1:01:02

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Steve Sabella is an established artist and author. Born in Jerusalem and based in Berlin since 2010, Sabella's work is a powerful expression of his life and experiences. Widely recognized for his bold artwork, he is able to explore themes of identity and displacement, exile, the effects of colonization, liberation and the human condition in a uniqu…

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CLAIRE MANDER, DIRECTOR & CURATOR OF theCoLAB FOR WOMEN SCULPTORS 1:23:04

12M ago1:23:04

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Claire Mander is the Director and Curator of theCoLAB, a London based curatorial practice which has operated beyond the white cube since 2011. She conceives and creates opportunities for women sculptors to use unusual sites as experimental laboratories to realise their most ambitious, far-flung and life-affirming work. She recently transformed a ne…

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DEE HAUGHNEY, Head of Learning & Participation, De La Warr Pavilion 59:42

1y ago59:42

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Dee Haughney is Head of Learning at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-sea. She was born in Ireland, studied Photography at TU Dublin, Curatorial Practice at Falmouth University and Asian Art at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. She worked with the Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall and The Photographers’ Gallery, London before jo…

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JACK DAVIS, ARTIST 1:05:08

1y ago1:05:08

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I got to know Jack Davis and his art whilst visiting the renowned seaside artists' colony of St Ives, Cornwall, with my students. My students were involved in curating small group exhibitions with Livingstone St Ives Gallery and Jack's tremendous seascapes were selected by several of the groups. Jack graduated from Falmouth University in 2012 and h…

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ART MARKET RESEARCH (AMR) WITH GUESTS SEBASTIAN DUTHY & VERONIKA LUKASOVA 1:25:10

1y ago1:25:10

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SEBASTIAN DUTHY CEO Art Market Research Sebastian brings a wide-ranging expertise into his role as AMR CEO. He has transformed the pioneering art market price trend provider, established by his father Robin Duthy in 1978, into a sharped eye art market observer by formulating new analytical tools viewing the art market in a larger context of culture…

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RACHEL COLE, ART ADVISOR 1:17:20

1y ago1:17:20

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Rachel Cole is the principal at her New York-based eponymous art advisory firm, which specializes in the acquisition, curation, and placement of contemporary art. She was the first art advisor to join the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2022, and was recognized for placing historically underrepresented and undervalued minority artists (including women, …

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MIKAELA MILICURI, ART ADVISOR 1:01:50

1y ago1:01:50

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Mikaela Milicuri is a Cypriot-born London-based art advisor who specialises in art sales, collection management and investment portfolio development. Having lived in five countries and eight cities, 'she navigates the international art market with confidence and combines her extensive art knowledge and business skills with meaningful industry conne…

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ARYANA KHAN, THE MIDDLE EASTERN ART MARKET AND FRIEZE 91 1:10:46

1y ago1:10:46

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Aryana Khan leads Frieze’s recently launched membership programme, Frieze 91. She currently oversees membership in London, New York, Los Angeles, and Seoul (due to launch in Spring 2023). Aryana has worked in the art market for just under a decade. Prior to Frieze she spent 6 years working at Sotheby’s in London, where she specialised in modern and…

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WINE & ART with MILENA BERMAN 59:16

1+ y ago59:16

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Milena Berman is originally from San Francisco, California. After studying art history as an undergraduate, she worked at documenta13 in Kassel, Germany in press relations, and then returned home to San Francisco to work for a private photography collection, Pier24. She also worked in commercial and non-profit art galleries before moving to Burgund…

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ART CURATING IN ST IVES: MA ART BUSINESS COLLABORATION WITH LIVINGSTONE ST IVES 1:07:03

1+ y ago1:07:03

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In this episode we discuss curating art exhibitions in the historical art colony of St Ives, Cornwall with guests Alicia Livingstone and Catie Close of Livingstone St Ives Gallery and special guests Sotheby's Institute of Art MA Art Business students: Jeremy Rosen; Yujie He; Quan (Derrick) Wan; Beatrice Gallello and Maria Whitby. Links: https://liv…

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ANINDO SEN, ART & TECH SPECIALIST 1:11:00

1+ y ago1:11:00

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Anindo Sen is a Sotheby’s Institute of Art London 2020 alumnus, who after successful corporate leadership roles in some of India’s leading corporate enterprises like ITC and Star TV, chose to devote himself to art and culture. Currently an independent arts writer, researcher and consultant, he discusses the MA experience at the institute as well as…

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DR. FEDERICA CARLOTTO, LUXURY BUSINESS SPECIALIST 1:09:44

1+ y ago1:09:44

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Dr. Federica Carlotto is a social anthropologist specialising in luxury, fashion and other cultural & creative industries. By applying the lens of human science to markets, trends and brands, Federica delves into the thick layers of meaning behind consumer behaviour, producing strategic business intelligence. Her cultural insights also look at conn…

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KRISTY CHAN, ARTIST 51:40

1+ y ago51:40

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Kristy M Chan (b.1997, Hong Kong) lives and works between London and Hong Kong. She received her BFA from Slade School of Fine Art in 2019 and her MA from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in 2020. Recent solo exhibitions include Binge, The Artist Room in collaboration with Simon Lee Gallery, London (2022), Strong Cookie, Prior Art Space, Berlin (2022) an…

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Madeinbed Magazine, Four Members of the Sotheby’s Institute of Art Editorial Team 1:11:33

1+ y ago1:11:33

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Editor-In-Chief: Rhiannon Roberts Prior to studying Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London, Rhiannon completed her undergraduate degree in Art History at Belmont University. During her time there, she was the recipient of the 2021 Written Research in the Visual Arts Award for her visual essay titled “The Depiction of Global Consum…

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The Arts Family with Neha Jaiswal & Claire McCaslin-Brown 59:37

1+ y ago59:37

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Neha Jaiswal is Founder of The Arts Family, London, on the TAF jury and a member of the South Asia Acquisitions Committee at Tate, London. Claire McCaslin-Brown is Director McCaslin Art Advisory, London, and Marketing Director/Curator at The Arts Family, London (TAF). TAF holds an art prize for emerging artists from South Asia. www.theartsfamily.co…

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HENRY LYDIATE, PART II 54:24

1+ y ago54:24

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In this follow-up to the July 7 podcast, we discuss auction houses, dealers, artists and artists' estates. We also flag the forthcoming de Pury auction WOMEN - Art In Times of Chaos as an exciting new auction model where emerging artists and their galleries receive 100% of the hammer price. Useful links: http://www.thehenrylydiatepartnership.com/ h…

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Henry Lydiate & Tot Taylor: The Art World in the 70s and Today 1:32:31

1+ y ago1:32:31

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This summer special episode presents a relaxed platform for songwriter, author and art curator Tot Taylor and art lawyer Henry Lydiate to share memories of the 1970s when their paths met in the rock music world. We hear about life in Cambridge and London and how self-identity was developed and culture was accessed without the internet. Tot and Henr…

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BJӦRN GELDHOF, Artistic Director PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine 55:27

2y ago55:27

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In the early millennium Björn Geldhof took a Masters degree in Art History at Leuven University, Belgium. Since graduating he has been involved in journalism, theatre and art curating including the post of Artistic and Strategic Director at Yarat Contmporary Art Space from 2015-2018. From 2009 Björn has been involved with PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv w…

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DONGMIN KIM, prize-winning photographer and client liaison officer at Artlogic London 1:25:50

2y ago1:25:50

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Dongmin Kim is an Art Business graduate from Sotheby's Institute of Art, class of 2020. She currently works at Artlogic, the leading art technology company that designs and develops tech solutions for art galleries and art fairs, whilst running her own photography business on the weekends. She recently won the Portrait category for Rugby Photograph…

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HENRY LYDIATE, international artists’ lawyer, business advisor and art world lecturer 1:04:23

2y ago1:04:23

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Henry Lydiate is a scholar-practitioner and former Visiting Professor of Art Law, University of the Arts, London, and has been a Course Consultant and Visiting Lecturer in legal, business, and professional practice studies at major art schools in the UK since 1978, including Sotheby's Institute of Art London. Publications include The Visual Artist …

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ANDERS PETTERSON, Founder & MD ArtTactic 1:06:39

2y ago1:06:39

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Anders Petterson is a leading authority on the art market, with particular focus on the modern and contemporary emerging art markets. He is the Founder and Managing Director of ArtTactic Ltd, a London-based art market research and advisory company set up in 2001. Educated at LSE, Anders' career started in the finance world working for JP Morgan. In…

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ALEXANDRA BASS, Founder & CEO Salon 21, New York 57:56

2y ago57:56

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Alex Bass graduated with Distinction from the MA Art Business, Sotheby's Institute of Art London in 2021 with her dissertation on 'Creating an Art Business in a Covid-19 Era'. Alex is Communications Coordinator at Gagosian Gallery New York. She is founder and CEO of Salon 21 which introduces emerging artists to likeminded art lovers and collectors …

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ELSA ÅKESSON, contemporary artist and sustainability entrepreneur 51:37

2y ago51:37

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Elsa Åkesson is a 25-year-old New York City based contemporary artist and entrepreneur. As a 2020 Fine Art bachelors graduate from the University of the Arts London and a 2022 Sotheby’s Institute masters graduate in Art Business, Elsa has managed to combine both her passion for painting with that of business. Today, Elsa focuses her career on the d…

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16 NICHOLSON STREET GALLERY & ARTS COLLECTIVE: with curators Aga Paulina Młyńczak & Nell Cardozo 1:09:53

2y ago1:09:53

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16 Nicholson Street Gallery is a Glasgow-based, non-profit arts facilitation space run by a curatorial collaborative. The gallery was established in 2016 and all organisation and programming is managed by Isabella Shields, Nell Cardozo, and Aga Paulina Młyńczak. Today's guests are the two curators Aga and Nell. Aga is an Artist and Producer interes…

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JEREMY ECKSTEIN, ART MARKET STATISTICIAN & ART INVESTMENT FUND EXPERT 1:08:25

2y ago1:08:25

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Jeremy Eckstein is a statistician by training. He started his professional life as a fund manager before joining Sotheby's Auction House in 1979 as Head of Research for the company, with responsibility for monitoring the performance of the British Railways Pension Fund's fine art investment portfolio. An independent consultant in the art market sin…

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ALICIA LIVINGSTONE, CURATOR & DIRECTOR, LIVINGSTONE ST IVES, CORNWALL 1:10:10

2y ago1:10:10

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Alicia Livingstone opened her first contemporary art gallery in the Cornish seaside town of Perranporth in 2018, followed by the opening of a second gallery in the seaside artist's colony at St Ives in 2020. Alice discusses how her art business was impacted by the pandemic and its series of lockdowns, and how she successfully navigated out of it to…

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GEORGIA DYMOCK, EMERGING ARTIST, SLADE SCHOOL OF FINE ART 45:26

2y ago45:26

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In my introduction to the catalogue of her current exhibition (to 9 April 2022) at JD Malat Gallery Mayfair, I wrote: 'Georgia Dymock is an emerging English artist whose paintings are conceived and born from a combination of digital technology and traditional painterly techniques...... Georgia says that she likes to constantly come close to and the…

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BOHDAN MYSIUHA, FOUNDER AND CURATOR OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERNISM, LVIV NATIONAL ART GALLERY, UKRAINE 1:23:26

2y ago1:23:26

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In this episode we learn about the art world of Ukraine and its markets with guests Bohdan Mysiuha, curator of the Museum of Modernism, Lviv and Olena Grubb (alumna of the MA Art Business, Sotheby's Institute of Art, London) who also acts as interpreter for Bohdan's Ukrainian language. The artistic community in Lviv, in the west of Ukraine, is prep…

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ANASTASIA PECHALOVA, PHD, CREATOR OF ’ART BAROMETER’, RUSSIAN ART MARKET ANALYSER 55:25

2y ago55:25

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In this episode of The Art Business podcast, we discuss the Russian art world and its markets, both in the main centres of Moscow and St Petersburg, as well as in the hinterland. Dr. Anastasia Pechalova (b. 1992 Moscow) is an art market researcher with a PhD in the History of International Relations. She studied at Moscow State Institute of Interna…

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KHALIL AKAR, DIRECTOR OF SIGNATURE AFRICAN ART GALLERY, MAYFAIR, LONDON 54:37

2y ago54:37

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Khalil Akar (b.1992) is a Nigerian-Lebanese art director working at the Signature African Art gallery in London. Having been brought up in Lagos, he spent his formative years at his dad’s Signature art gallery studying and learning about art, both traditional and contemporary. He insisted on trying a new field at university to widen his horizon, an…

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KOJO MARFO, AFRO-EXPRESSIONIST ARTIST 1:02:24

2+ y ago1:02:24

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Kojo Marfo's work has become familiar to Londoners living and working in the West End over the last two years since appearing in the 'Isolation Mastered' open competition finalists' exhibition at JD Malat Gallery in Mayfair in the summer of 2020 following months of lockdown. His magnificent portrait paintings caught the eye of important collectors,…

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CONRAD CARVALHO, PRIZE DIRECTOR OF THE EMERGING ARTIST PRIZE, ART CONSULTANT AND CORPORATE ART ADVISOR 49:15

2+ y ago49:15

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Conrad studied Pure & Applied Mathematics at Warwick University and his early career was in oil derivatives trading. He took my summer school in Art & Its Markets at Sotheby's Institute of Art and was inspired to become an art consultant and dealer. In 2014 Conrad launched the Emerging Artist Prize which now has over 2,000 global artists applying w…

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TOT TAYLOR, CO-FOUNDER OF RIFLEMAKER GALLERY (2003-2018), AUTHOR, MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER 1:09:33

2+ y ago1:09:33

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Tot is best known in the art world for his London contemporary art gallery, Riflemaker which he co-curated with Virginia Damtsa from 2003-2018. His first novel The Story of John Nightly was published in 2017. We talk about his early days in London as a session drummer and his first experiences with the art world from regular visits to Sotheby's to …

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JD MALAT GALLERY, MAYFAIR (SINCE 2017) WITH JEAN-DAVID MALAT (FOUNDER) & VICTORIA ABOUCAYA (GALLERY DIRECTOR) 43:10

2+ y ago43:10

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JD Malat is a contemporary gallery founded in 2017 and located in Mayfair just down the road from Claridges Hotel and alpha galleries and auction houses including Gagosian, Sadie Cole and Philips. We talk about London as an art world hub, how galleries develop their artists as well as how they have coped with the pandemic. music ‘Baby, I Miss The I…

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JACQUELINE TOWERS-PERKINS, Auctioneer and Vice President, Director of Post-War & Contemporary Art at Bonhams 57:57

2+ y ago57:57

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Jacqueline is an alumna of the MA in Art Business, Sotheby's Institute of Art London. Since joining Bonhams in 2017, Jacqueline has been involved in some of the company's most important sales and events, most recently the previously unseen single-owner sale ‘Kusama: The Collection of the late Dr Teruo Hirose’. As Head of Sale, she brought the first…

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ANNA SOMERS-COCKS OBE, Founder Editor of The Art Newspaper 49:49

2+ y ago49:49

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Anna Somers-Cocks OBE is one of the best-known names in the international art world. After her early career as a curator at the V&A Anna went into art journalism and founded The Art Newspaper in 1980. She is also renowned for her work with the Venice in Peril Fund as well as the Illicit [Antiquities] Trade Advisory Panel. We talk about the power of…

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RUTH MILLINGTON, Art Historian & Author 44:19

2+ y ago44:19

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Ruth Millington joined Sotheby's Institute of Art London this summer as Director of Careers Services. We discuss life and art and Ruth's forthcoming art-historical book Muse (Penguin, due April 2022) which looks at the proactively creative roles of muses, both female and male, in art. music ‘Baby, I Miss The Internet’ (Rama, Rama, Rama) by TOT TAYL…

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CRAIG BROWN, Head of Fair Development and Exhibitors, Masterpiece London 1:01:34

2+ y ago1:01:34

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In this opening episode David Bellingham, Programme Director of the MA Art Business, Sotheby's Institute of Art, London, speaks with Craig Brown, Head of Fair Development and Exhibitors, Masterpiece London, about African art, art fairs and Masterpiece London. music ‘Baby, I Miss The Internet’ (Rama, Rama, Rama) by TOT TAYLOR is used by kind permiss…

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Episode 25 - Grace Wales Bonner at the Serpentine Galleries with curator Claude Adjil 23:08

5y ago23:08

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In 'A Time for New Dreams' at the Serpentine Galleries, Grace Wales Bonner presents the first in a new series of unique projects in the fields of music, fashion, art and design. In this episode, we get a walking tour of the Grace Wales Bonner exhibition with Claude Adjil, Curator at Large, Live Programmes. The exhibition features Chino Amobi, Black…

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