The Art Business

Welcome to another edition of the Art Business Podcast, hosted by David Bellingham, Programme Director of the Master's Degree in Art Business at Sotheby's Institute of Art in London. This episode features a conversation with Alex Estorick, editor-in-chief at Right Click Save, a leading digital art magazine. Together, they delve into the evolving landscape of digital art and the intersection of art...

Will Ramsay is founder/owner of many important art fairs including Affordable Art Fair, Volta and the British Art Fair. We discuss how Will became interested in art fairs, and his mission to grow the lower end of the art market by supporting emerging artists. Links: https://affordableartfair.com/exhibitor-hub/the-fair-advantage-report-2024/     music ‘Baby, I Miss The Internet’ (Rama, Rama, Rama) ...

In this episode of our art business podcast, we dive into the world of art journalism with the editorial team of Made in Bed magazine, the student-run publication from the Sotheby's Institute of Art. Join us as we chat with Nabila Bulbul, Sandra Nikusev, Virgil Montianu, Grace Jamieson, and Celeste Melgar, who share their unique journeys into the art world, their roles in the magazine, and the cha...

Welcome to another engaging episode of the Art Business Podcast. This week, our host David interviews Julia Wendl, a distinguished alumna of the MA Art Business Programme at Sotheby's Institute of Art and the CEO and auctioneer at Kunst-Auktionhaus Wendl in Germany. Julia shares her fascinating journey from her early interest in art auctions to her current role, emphasizing the importance of prove...

Dr Adam Busiakiewicz is an art historian, lecturer and lutenist. After completing his BA in History at University College London, Adam eventually went on to undertake a Master's Degree in Decorative and Fine Art at the Sotheby's Institute between 2013-14. His doctoral research focused on the collections and patronage of the Earls and Countesses of Warwick, and has subsequently worked as a Catalogu...

Betty Briceño is an art market specialist and arts administrator with 10+ years of experience in the international art world, spanning the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. She most recently served as Individual Giving Officer for the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, where she was responsible for cultivating and stewarding donor relationships. Her previous professional experiences...

Lindsay Dewar is the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Analytics, and has been with ArtTactic since 2017. Leading the analytics and research team, she is responsible for developing research and products. She also runs the mentoring and internship programmes. Lindsay regularly speaks about the art market on panels and gives lectures at Kingston University on the MA Art Business course. She also i...

Aparajita Jain is a leading entrepreneur based in New Delhi. She is the Managing Director of Nature Morte Art Limited, India’s leading Contemporary Art Gallery. Her vision has fostered significant growth for the gallery, presenting and amplifying leading South Asian and global artists across two galleries in Delhi and one in Mumbai. Jain’s focus on institutional relationships has led to major muse...

Born into an artist family, Andrei Petru Jecza is the son of the sculptor Peter Jecza. He studied at a German high school in his hometown, Nikolaus Lenau, before earning two separate degrees in Video Art, Photography and History of Fine Art at the West University of Timisoara. He later completed with merit a Masters in Art Business at Sotheby's Institute of Art in London. Currently he runs his own...

From his childhood initiation into the arts at the Academy de Beaux-Arts in Bruges, Louis Buysse has fostered a deep connection with art, design, architecture, and craftsmanship. This early start paved the way for a life steeped in creativity and a broad understanding of artistic techniques and mediums. His educational journey, marked by a fusion of artistic and business acumen, began with an arch...

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 perspective to the art world. Damtsa's passion for...

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 alumni Mark Rylance.   Today, Adam is one of the UK’s...

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 launched at the TechCrunch Disrupt stage in San Francis...

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 specialise in this exceptional era of early 20th ce...

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 challenges for some of the world’s most pres...

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 Eastern heritage. As a publisher and collector, she h...

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 the broadest canvas possible, from working with br...

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 exponential growth of the Indian economy and its a...

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, Scope and Volta art fairs in New York City. Paol...

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 control; insect pest management; safe display and stora...

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 Gavel Competition.   Links:   https://www.linkedin.c...

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 unique and powerful way celebrating the resilience of t...

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 neglected half-acre roof terrace on the roof of Te...

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 joining October Gallery in 2012. As Curator of Octo...

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 has been painting professionally ever since. He l...