The Art Business

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

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 mural by Keith Haring to market, achieving a new world record for the artist; she conceived and executed 'Paper Jam' - the department's first curated selling exhibition, and devised the exhibition of the collection of visual arts patron and hip-hop icon Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest.

In addition to her role at Bonhams she also runs an independent auctioneering and fundraising consultancy, serving non-profit institutions and holding auctions at high profile charity galas and benefit events in the United States and Europe. Her clients include international royalty from HRH Prince Charles to Jay-Z and Beyonce, and she has shared the stage with leaders of finance, entertainment, tech and politics. Over the years she has auctioneered to thousands of bidders and raised millions for charity.

 

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‘Baby, I Miss The Internet’ (Rama, Rama, Rama) 

by TOT TAYLOR

is used by kind permission of the artist

©Tot Taylor/Songmatic Music (2020)

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

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 art, walking and spirituality, the illicit trade in Italian antiquities and, of course, the prospects for Venice in the light of COP 26.

 

music

 

‘Baby, I Miss The Internet’ (Rama, Rama, Rama) 

by TOT TAYLOR

is used by kind permission of the artist

©Tot Taylor/Songmatic Music (2020)

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RUTH MILLINGTON, Art Historian & Author

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 TAYLOR

is used by kind permission of the artist

©Tot Taylor/Songmatic Music (2020)

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CRAIG BROWN, Head of Fair Development and Exhibitors, Masterpiece London

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 permission of the artist

©Tot Taylor/Songmatic Music (2020)

PRS/MCPS/PPL