The Art Business

ART MARKET RESEARCH (AMR) WITH GUESTS SEBASTIAN DUTHY & VERONIKA LUKASOVA

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 and economy. Complemented by a successful career in producing and editing broadcast documentaries such as the BBC's 'Civilisation' and in-depth knowledge of art history, Sebastian combines rigorous statistical detail with a captivating narrative to examine the evolving art and luxury auction markets. Sebastian regularly comments on the art market in leading art and financial publications.

 

 

Dr. VERONIKA LUKASOVA

Senior Analyst & Researcher

Art Market Research   

 

Veronika employs multiple layers of inquiry to bring an understanding to historical and contemporary shifts in the art market and visual culture.  As an editorial photographer in the US for over 10 years, Veronika produced stories for publications such as the New York Times and Washington Post, before her interest in art led to further academic study. As a freelance writer and visiting lecturer in art market and photography, Veronika provides critical examination of emerging technologies in the contemporary arts.

 

 

ART MARKET RESEARCH (AMR)

 

Art Market Research has been an independent provider of global intelligence for Fine art, Antiques and Collectible markets since 1976.  Established in London with a goal to bring transparency to price trends in the burgeoning art market, AMR pioneered the concept of the fair market value as a benchmark for valuing Art, Antiques and Collectibles. As the longest running authority on the global art market in the world, AMR has forged working relationships with tax authorities (HMRC), financial publications (FT), insurers (Hiscox) and others.

 

AMR’s statistical analysis and insights are frequently featured in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Times, The Art Newspaper and others. AMR’s subscription-based online platform provides access to a range of innovative tools and services and AMR’s latest research.  AMR does not derive profits from selling or dealing with Art, Antiques or Collectibles. 

 

Links:

www.artmartkeresearch.com

https://veronikalukasova.photoshelter.com/

https://cargocollective.com/kamurai/N-U-C-L-E-A-R

 

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RACHEL COLE, ART ADVISOR

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, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+) into prominent private and public collections worldwide. Rachel is also the founder/ceo of romulus.art: a visionary, comprehensive platform that provides educational resources, a social forum, and logistical support for both aspiring and seasoned collectors.

 

Links: 

rachel@rachelcoleartadvisory.com 
www.rachelcoleartadvisory.com

@rachelcoleartadvisor

romulus.art

 

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MIKAELA MILICURI, ART ADVISOR

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 connections to help her clients build collections which suit their needs and contribute to their wealth.'

 

Specialising in Contemporary Art and with an emphasis on Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media, and New Media Art, she has placed several works of art by emerging and established artists in private and corporate collections. She has also pursued collection management projects in various other sectors, from Impressionism to Surrealism to NFTs. An art collector herself, Mikaela’s advisory services are informed by constant research and a 7-year-long experience in the art world. Prior to founding MAA, Mikaela gained museum experience at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, art fair experience at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale, and a 5-year experience as a commercial art gallery director and client liaison.

 

Mikaela is expected to complete her PhD in the summer of 2023. She is also an Associate Fellow of the HE Academy and holds lectureship positions at UAL LCC and Royal Holloway UoL. She is also a guest lecturer at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in their MA in Art Business. Her educational and tutoring capacities allow her to implement a systematic and structured experience for her clients that fosters their collecting aptitude and solidifies their growth as collectors. With an ongoing mission to empower art collectors, she is currently writing her first book: a collectors' guide through the various stages of acquiring, owning, and parting ways with art.

 

Links:

https://www.milicuri.com/

https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/mikaella-milikouri 

 

 

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ARYANA KHAN, THE MIDDLE EASTERN ART MARKET AND FRIEZE 91

 

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 contemporary Middle Eastern art, managing client relations and business development projects in the region. Her research interests have focused on building scalable and sustainable growth models of new or developing art markets.

Born in London, raised in Kuwait with roots in Iran, Pakistan and the US, Aryana graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Human Biology and Art History, and an M.A. in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London.

 

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WINE & ART with MILENA BERMAN

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 Burgundy in 2013 to work in cultural tourism. For seven years she organized and led travel programs all over the world for donors and boards of trustees of the world’s top cultural institutions such as the Whitney, LACMA, the Serpentine, the Guggenheim and more . Being based in Beaune, Milena was naturally immersed in wine and gastronomy, and found a home in its dynamic wine community. During the pandemic, she went back to study Art Business at Sotheby’s Institute of Art while also working for one of the most revered wineries in Burgundy, Domaine Dujac. Today she works in the realms of wine and culture and is most interested in their intersections, fostering connections between people and places through meaningful experiences. Her company, Hautes Côtes (run together with her partner, wine specialist Loïc Lamy) organizes immersive art and wine programs (both travel and event-based) for professionals in the creative and wine industries as well as for private groups, collectors, cultural institutions, and non-profit organizations. 

 

Links: https://www.hautescotes.com/en 

 

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ART CURATING IN ST IVES: MA ART BUSINESS COLLABORATION WITH LIVINGSTONE ST IVES

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://livingstonestives.co.uk/sothebys-ma-workshops/ 

 

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ANINDO SEN, ART & TECH SPECIALIST

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 how the art world can benefit from being more open to technologies like blockchain and NFTs.

Useful links: 

1) https://jingculturecrypto.com/author/anindya-sen/

2) https://hyperallergic.com/author/anindya-sen/

 

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DR. FEDERICA CARLOTTO, LUXURY BUSINESS SPECIALIST

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 connecting business with communities and the society at large, for responsible value creation.

Federica is Programme Director of the MA in Luxury Business at Sotheby's Institute of Art London.

More about Federica and her work: www.saltculturalintelligence.com

 

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KRISTY CHAN, ARTIST

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) and Totally Not, The Artist Room, London, (2021–2).

Selected recent group exhibitions include New Romantics, Lee Eugean Gallery, Seoul (2022); The Sky Above the Roof, Tabula Rasa, Beijing (2022); Femme-Ate, Soho Revue, London (2021); Space Shuffler, HART HAUS, Hong Kong (2021); Big Soft Illusion, Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig (2020); and Haam4 Seoi2 Goeng1, Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong (2019).

Residencies include Del Arco Residency, Berlin (2022); PILOTENKUECHE, Leipzig (2020) and AiR Frosterus, Finland (2019). In Autumn 2022, Chan will receive a residency at The Cabin, Los Angeles.

Chan’s work resides in prominent institutional collections such as Yan Lan Art Foundation, Beijing; and X Museum, Beijing.

 

Links to work (2 most recent group shows):

New Romantics, Seoul  (Image Courtesy of Philips and The Artist Room): https://www.phillips.com/store/new-romantics 

The Sky Above the Roof, Beijing  (Image Courtesy of Tabula Rasa Gallery): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XNaDf749jGAtWxI1hPYglehy0vheknEc?usp=sharing 

 

Recent interview: https://ocula.com/advisory/perspectives/in-the-studio-with-kristy-m-chan/ 

 

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Madeinbed Magazine, Four Members of the Sotheby’s Institute of Art Editorial Team

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 Consumerism and Overconsumption in Art,” a featured keynote speaker at the 2021 Belmont University Research Symposium where she presented an original research project for the Asian Studies session.

 

Features Co-Editor: Camille Moreno

Camille is an artist and writer. She received her BA in Fine and Studio Arts from Hampshire College in the US and graduated with a solo show called Ex Omnia Ovum which explored the literary discourse of eggs through a series of plaster sculptures. She holds a Diplom in Sculpture from the Kunsthochschule Weißensee in Berlin, Germany, and exhibited a series of cast plaster sculptures in the degree show Ausgerechnet Freitag der Dreizehnte. Her dissertation explored public art and urban agriculture.

 

In Berlin, she wrote for the art section of the ex-pat magazine Exberliner and founded a non-profit organisation that provided art scene news and information in English to the growing ex-pat community. After leaving Berlin, she assisted in the historic restoration of the Domaine du Layet chapel and villa in Le Lavandou, France, where she specialised in lime and decorative plaster wall finishes. After most recently receiving a Diploma in Curating from Goldsmiths University in London Camille is furthering her education by currently pursuing an MA in Art Business at Sotheby's Institute of Art.

 

En Plein Air Editor: Alison Lo

Born in metropolitan Hong Kong, Alison is a globe-trotter and has lived in various international cities including Berlin and London. Prior to pursuing an MA in Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Institute of Art London, she received her Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and Master of Laws degrees from the University of Hong Kong. With over ten years of policy advisory and project management experience in the public sector, including an overseas station in Central and Eastern Europe, she has collaborated with art institutions and individual artists, international organisations, government ministries, private enterprises, academia and the media on projects spanning from art exhibitions, cultural performances, business matching, infrastructural development, and urban regeneration.

 

Agents of Change, Co-Editor: Reese Vandeven

Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, USA, Reese is new to London as of autumn last year. She received a BS in Global Arts, Planning, Design, and Construction from Texas A&M University before starting her MA in Art Logistics at Sotheby's Institute of Art.

 

 

 

Website: https://www.madeinbed.co.uk/ 

 

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