On Thursday 7 February, Randall Bourscheidt and Vincent Fremont will join Peter Brant and Gary Tinterow in a panel discussion about Henry Geldzahler at Christie’s New York, 20 Rockefeller Plaza. The event will be chaired by Marc Porter, Chairman of Christie’s Americas.

This conversation with Randall Bourscheidt explores some of the themes of Geldzahler's life: His role at the Metropolitan Museum during the height of New York's art market ferment; Geldzahler's friendships with Andy Warhol and David Hockney; his experiences as New York City's Cultural Commissioner; his eventual retreat to the Hamptons and his early death from liver cancer.

Asher Edelman has a long history participating in the art market and as a transformative player on Wall Street. From his perspective as an investor, art dealer and provider of art financing through his company Art Assure, Edelman talks through the effect of guarantees on the auctions and the broader market for art.

David Norman discusses the November Impressionist and Modern sales in New York. In particular, Norman looks at the Picasso and Monet markets, the participation of Asian buyers, the bidding patterns on top lots like Edvard Munch's Scream, Alberto Giacometti's Chariot and Pointing Man, the role of guarantees and the right strategy for bringing lots to market in today's guarantee-supported auction environment.

Three years ago, after a career at Christie's and as a private advisor, Hugues Joffre took over the task of establishing a Modern art department within Phillips, auction house noted for its expertise in cutting edge artists.

In this podcast, Joffre talks about the process of winning the kinds of 20th Century consignments that would help drive Phillips' sales totals higher and position the auction house as a peer and alternative to Sotheby's and Christie's not only in Contemporary art but also in the art of the 20th Century.

Along the way, Joffre comments on the way young collectors develop and broaden their tastes, the future of the art market and the taste of the great Greek shipping collectors of the 60s and 70s.

Magnus Renfrew launches his new fair Taipei Dangdai in Taiwan on January 18, 2019. The fair features 90 galleries from Asia, Europe and North America. Dealers David Zwirner, Thaddaeus Ropac, Edouard Malingue, Gagosian, Gallery Hyundai, Kukje, Lisson, Massimo de Carlo, Whitestone, White Cube, Tomio Koyama, Tang Contemporary, Spruth Mägers, Sadie Coles, Sean Kelly, Simon Lee , Perrotin, Pearl Lam and Longmen Art Projects are among the participants.

Since its founding in Palm Desert, California, Heather James Gallery has carved a particular niche in the art market catering to wealthy residents of a fabled community of vacation homes. The formula has clearly worked. Heather James now has galleries in Jackson, Wyoming, San Francisco, New York and will open a new gallery in Montecito this Fall.

In this podcast, Jim Carona walks through the history of the gallery and the secret of its expansion. He explains the philosophy behind their eclectic program and the appeal of art to his constituency.

As part of an international program to celebrate the gallery’s 25th Anniversary, Dickinson held a panel discussion at their New York space during Spring TEFAF. Conversation centered on the multiplicity of sources of advice in the art market and how collectors can be best served as they seek to acquire art.

On the panel are Megan Fox Kelly, President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors and an advisor with a broad practice that includes helping new collectors to find their bearings in the art market and advising artist's estates and foundations on a market-facing strategy; Todd Levin, who has built noteworthy collections that have achieved verifiable market successes as well as curated his own shows at various galleries in New York, Los Angeles and Berlin; and William O'Reilly, Senior Director with Dickinson in New York where he works with collectors of Old Master through to Contemporary Art.

The lively conversation explores the relationship between advisors, collectors and the art market ecosystem, and the joys and pitfalls of building a collection.

Elliot Safra describes Christie's Art + Tech Summit taking place on July 17th in London. The full-day conference will explore the many hoped for uses of block chain technology in the art market.

Safra explains that the tech summit is meant to appeal to a broad range of constituents from attracting technology investors who might learn more about the art world to creating a showcase for technology companies launched to solve art market constraints to offering the art industry a place to come together and discuss the challenges and opportunities for selling art in the 21st Century.

Art dealers, auction house staff, technology investors and entrepreneurs are all expected at this year's summit. For more information: http://www.christies.com/art-and-tech

Bloomberg art market reporter James Tarmy spent the better part of a week swimming in the aisles of Art Basel in Switzerland, the world's premier art fair where many of the top galleries not only make important sales but set the tone for their client base and communicate their view of the art market and its opportunities.

Basel isn't only about sales, as Tarmy explains. The city's museums put on influential shows like the Sam Gilliam retrospective or the Beyeler Foundation's Francis Bacon-Alberto Giacometti show. Then, of course, there are the dinners.

Thaddaeus Ropac opened his first gallery in Salzburg, Austria after having met and been inspired by Joseph Beuys in Berlin and having become acquainted Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Robert Mapplethorpe while in New York. He expanded to Paris in the depths of the global art market recession in 1990. In 2012, Ropac expanded in Paris; and, again, in 2017, he opened in London. Along the way, Ropac began to represent Georg Baselitz, Alex Katz, Anselm Kiefer and dozens of other artists and estates. Most recently, Ropac completed the circle by taking over representation of the Beuys estate.