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Become A Savvy Art
Collector – Panel Discussion
Wednesday,
November 12, 6:00-8:00 pm
Salmagundi Art Club
47 Fifth Avenue (between 11th & 12th Streets)
New York, NY 10003
Dining
room opens at 5:30 pm, last seating at 8:45 pm
Bar opens at 5:00 pm, last call at 10:45 pm
RSVP
for event (and dinner reservations, if you'd like to stay): 212.255.7740 or info@salmagundi.org
Perhaps
you’ve bought a small watercolor while on a beach vacation, or you’ve owned
poster prints from the Metropolitan Museum, but now feel it is time to upgrade
to good quality, original artwork. You’ve gone to some art galleries or walked
through sidewalk art fairs and felt tempted to buy something, but you weren’t
sure how to make a decision. Buying a piece of original art may seem like a good
idea, but also can be an incredibly daunting and intimidating process. Where to
begin? How to make sense of the art business, much less figure out your own
taste?
Join us for this panel discussion to learn about the “ins and outs” of buying art that you love and will enjoy for years to come. Our knowledgeable panelists will discuss:
 | How
to recognize what style of art you like (taste) |
| What
kinds of artwork are most appropriate for new and developing collectors
(mediums) |
| How
to determine how much money to spend (budget/value) |
| How
to find the art you like and go about purchasing it (sources and services) |
Bring along
those questions you have had, but never knew whom to ask! There will be a
Q&A session following the panel discussion.
Panelists
Peter Trippi, moderator, Editor, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine
Betty Levin, art
consultant, Corporate Art Directions, New York, NY
Kathryn Markel, gallery owner, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Tim Newton, experienced collector, Patchogue, NY
Ella Yang, oil painter and printmaker, Ella Yang Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Panelist Bios
Peter
Trippi is
editor of the bimonthly magazine Fine Art
Connoisseur (www.fineartconnoisseur.com).
He is also president of Projects in 19th-Century Art, Inc.,
the firm he established in 2006 to pursue a range of research, writing, and
curatorial opportunities. Previously,
he served three years as director of New York’s Dahesh Museum of Art.
In 2002, Phaidon Press (London) published Trippi’s monograph J
W Waterhouse, which reassesses the Victorian painter and Royal Academician
best known for his Lady of Shalott at
Tate Britain. Trippi co-founded the
peer-reviewed, scholarly journal Nineteenth-Century
Art Worldwide (www.19thc-artworldwide.org) and serves on
the board of Historians of British Art.
Betty
Levin is
president and founder of Corporate Art Directions, Inc., an art consulting firm
specializing in placing art in various sized companies nationwide. Levin has had
over 30 years of experience working with financial services companies, law
firms, hotels and other public spaces, as well as with individuals, to find
artwork to suit their specific needs and budgets. Also, Levin is on the boards
of The Jewish Museum and the New York State Council on the Arts, and has been on
the boards of New School for Social Research and the Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts.
Kathryn
Markel is the
owner and founder of Kathryn Markel Fine Arts (www.markelfinearts.com) in New York City, a
gallery specializing in works on paper, such as watercolor, collage, and pastel,
and paintings by up-and-coming ”emerging” artists.
With over 30 years of direct experience in the art market, Markel has
focused on identifying and promoting talented young artists to a devoted
clientele of individuals interested in buying affordable, high quality artwork.
A firm believer that collectors should buy art they love and can enjoy every
day, she also gives advice to potential art buyers through her website www.theartlady.com
Tim
Newton, a
self-described art addict, has been collecting art for over 15 years.
He started out buying Western landscapes from artists and galleries in
Wyoming and Montana. Eventually, after befriending artists, dealers and other
collectors, Newton developed an eye for high quality representational fine art,
broadening his interest to still life and maritime scenes, as well as sculpture.
He is mostly attracted to sketches and preliminary works because of their
spontaneity and immediate emotional energy. Newton seeks artwork he finds
captivating, but also affordable.
Ella
Yang is a
representational oil painter and occasional printmaker based in Brooklyn. Yang
most often paints “en plein air” on the streets of Brooklyn, attracted by a
range of scenes from gritty, industrial neighborhoods to the charming and
colorful blocks of Smith Street.
She is attracted to
views that might not have obvious aesthetic appeal, but where the commonplace
seems to have a special patina at the moment she is there.
She markets her work mostly through her website, EllaYangStudio.com,
and by participating in exhibitions in the New York metro area; recently she was
included in the book 100 New York Painters by Cynthia M. Dantzic.