Reading the Art World

For the fifth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Melanie Gerlis, art market columnist for The Financial Times, Editor-at-Large for The Art Newspaper, and the author of The Art Fair Story: A Rollercoaster Ride (Lund Humphries, 2021).

This conversation took place in the library of The Betsy Hotel in South Beach during Art Basel Miami 2021 on the publication day of Melanie’s book.

"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor, Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market and is an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.

Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors, who works with collectors, estates and foundations.
For more information , visit meganfoxkelly.com.

Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the tenth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Marguerite Steed Hoffman and Gavin Delahunty about the new book, “Amor Mundi: The Collection of Marguerite Steed Hoffman” (Ridinghouse, 2022).
The book tells a unique story of carefully considered and inspired collecting, and the motivations behind the collection’s creation and its ongoing evolution. “Amor Mundi” presents a selection of over 400 works of modern and contemporary art from the Marguerite Steed Hoffman Collection in Dallas, Texas. The two-volume set features the pieces brought together by Marguerite and her late husband, Robert Hoffman, including works by Robert Rauschenberg, Philip Guston, Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly, Agnes Martin, along with more contemporary artists like Rita Ackermann and Maria Lassnig. Around 30 authors contributed essays for the book, not only art historians but artists writing about other artists and creating unique works for this book.
"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.
Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com.
“Amor Mundi: The Collection of Marguerite Steed Hoffman” can be purchased at artbook.com. Read more about the book through its publisher, Ridinghouse.
Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the thirteenth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Michael Findlay, author of “The Value of Art: Money, Power, Beauty,” published by Prestel. This 2022 book is a new and expanded edition of Michael’s original book, published in 2012, which has been translated into German, Spanish, Japanese and Korean, and which ARTNews hailed as “one of the best books ever published on the art world.”
A director of Acquavella Galleries in New York, Michael has been a private art dealer for over four decades. He was also International Director of Fine Arts at Christie’s auction house. The book draws on Michael’s life experiences as an art lover, collector, auction house specialist and art dealer. He has experienced extraordinary growth in the market over the last several decades and his insights on art and his work with artists and collectors inform this book. In addition to “The Value of Art,” Michael wrote “Seeing Slowly: Looking at Modern Art,” a book I recommend to so many of my collectors.
Today, so much of the conversation around art and collecting and the art market is about value — value in terms of price and investment return. But Michael talks about value in terms of the inherent value of the art itself, and he gives us thoughtful perspective on not merely the financial but the emotional. The book abounds with anecdotes of collectors and artists from the 19th century through today and what those stories tell us about investing, collecting, amassing and loving art — with updated sections on NFTs and digital art. If someone thinks this is just an investment guide, they’ll be pleasantly surprised that it is not.
"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.
Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.
For more information, visit: meganfoxkelly.com.
Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly, and Twitter: @mfkartadvisory.
Purchase “The Value of Art: Money, Power, Beauty ,” by Michael Findlay at Prestel.
Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the eighth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with András Szántó about his new book, “The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues” (Hatje Cantz, 2021). As museums shuttered during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, New York-based author and cultural strategist Szántó conducted a series of virtual conversations with international museum leaders. At this pivotal moment, the directors spoke candidly about the challenges and untapped potential of art museums.
"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.
Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com.
“The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues” can be purchased from the European publisher at hatjecantz.de or in the USA at artbook.com.
To learn more about András Szántó, go to andras-szanto.com.
Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the fourth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Mary Rozell, the Global Head of the UBS Art Collection and the author of The Art Collector's Handbook: The Definitive Guide to Acquiring and Owning Art (Lund Humphries, 2020).
"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor, Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market and is an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.
Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors, who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information , visit www.meganfoxkelly.com
Music composed by Bob Golden.