Building a Private Art Collection: Jennifer Klos, Founder of Collector House

10/30/20 • 51 min

This week we speak with Jennifer Klos, founder of Collector House, a boutique art advisory firm. As a trained decorative arts historian and former museum curator, she takes a holistic approach to building her client's collections. In our conversation we talk about the business of collection building and how she combines her academic studies in decorative arts and interior design with her career as a museum curator to accomplish her client’s goals.

This episode was recorded on June 11, 2020.

To learn more about Jennifer’s advisory services, visit http://www.collectorhouse.com

@jenniferklos on Instagram

Music credit: Maurice Ravel's String Quartet in F major - II. Assez vif, très rythmé produced by the Isabella Stuart Gardener Museum (issued under a Creative Commons License).

This episode was recorded on June 11, 2020.

To learn more about Jennifer’s advisory services, visit http://www.collectorhouse.com

@jenniferklos on Instagram

Music credit: Maurice Ravel's String Quartet in F major - II. Assez vif, très rythmé produced by the Isabella Stuart Gardener Museum (issued under a Creative Commons License).

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How to Become a Successful Artist: Mark Busacca, Busacca Gallery, San Francisco

This week's guest is Mark Busacca, curator, art consultant, and owner of Busacca Gallery in San Francisco. After graduating from art school in the 1980s, he was immersed in LA's celebrity culture that brought him in contact with Andy Warhol, Leo Castelli, and others in their milieu. Mark's insight into what makes a successful artist is sage advice for aspiring artists everywhere. His decades of experience as a dealer propelled him to found an art technology company that aims to "archive all the world's objects." His platform, Artifact, plans to disrupt the art market by giving collectors access to their #artdata.
This episode was recorded via Zoom on April 29th, 2020.
To learn more about Mark's gallery, visit BusaccaGallery.com
@markbusaccaartcollections on Instagram
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The Show Goes On: Sotheby's Adapts to the Pandemic: Charlie Adamski Caulkins, Vice President, Head of Office, Dallas, Sotheby's

This week I speak with Charlie Adamski Caulkins, Vice President, Head of Office, for Sotheby's in Dallas. Established in 1744, Sotheby’s became the first international auction house when it expanded from London to New York (1955), the first to conduct sales in Hong Kong (1973), India (1992), and France (2001), and the first international fine art auction house in China (2012). Today, Sotheby’s has a global network of 80 offices in 40 countries and presents auctions in 10 different salesrooms, including New York, London, Hong Kong, and Paris.

When we spoke in May, live auctions that have been a fixture of the art market since the 18th century were postponed indefinitely. We talked about Charlie's ascent up the auction house ladder from New York to San Francisco and now Dallas.
We caught up in October following the debut of Sotheby’s new auction format, the first-ever global live-streamed auction. Taking bids in real-time from Hong Kong, London, and New York resulted in record-breaking sales, proving that the demand for great art had not waned. Our conversation was taped days after the newsworthy October 28th sales, where the Baltimore Museum of Art removed two works it planned to deaccession just hours before the auction. Charlie talks about the relationship between auction houses and museums, the pandemic’s silver linings, and how she’s always working to deliver for her clients.
This episode was recorded on May 14, 2020, and October 30, 2020

To learn more about Charlie and Sotheby’s, visit Sothebys.com

@charliecaulkins @sothebys on Instagram

Music credit: Maurice Ravel's String Quartet in F major - II. Assez vif, très rythmé produced by the Isabella Stuart Gardener Museum (issued under a Creative Commons License).