Collect Wisely

Collect Wisely

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Collect Wisely episodes

  • Episode 12 - Howard Rachofsky

    In the twelfth episode of Collect Wisely we are speaking with Howard Rachofsky from Dallas. A life-long Texan, Howard along with his wife Cindy, has played a profound role in catapulting Dallas into a leading center for the collection and presentation of international contemporary art.


    The Rachofsky Collection has great depth in Post-War art, with particular strength in American and European Minimalism, Italian Arte Povera and Japanese Gutai, of which they’ve assembled the most extensive collection in the United States. Through their various philanthropic endeavors, the Rachofsky’s have transformed the arts in Dallas. In addition to serving on the Boards of many cultural institutions, Cindy and Howard have pledged their collections in entirety to the Dallas Museum of Art.

    1 hr 4 min
  • Episode 11 - Pablo Sepúlveda

    Coinciding with our participation in Zona Maco, this episode of Collect Wisely is a conversation with Pablo Sepúlveda, who is based in Mexico City. Pablo is a founding partner of the architecture firm Legorreta Sepúlveda Arquitectos. His collection includes works on paper, photography and sculpture.

    46 min
  • Episode 10 - Tiffany Zabludowicz
    In the tenth episode of Collect Wisely we are speaking with Tiffany Zabludowicz. Born in London and now based in New York City, Tiffany was introduced to art at a young age, two years after she was born her parents founded the Zabludowiz Collection.
    Tiffany runs and curates the Times Square Space, which hosts exhibitions within the rotating empty offices of 1500 Broadway in the heart of Times Square. She is chairwoman of the Young Collectors Council at the Guggenheim and a founding member of the New Museum’s Artemis Council. She has a particular interest in emerging and “post-internet” art. Her personal collection features work by artists such as, Tracy Emin, Item Idem, Josephine Meckseper, Joel Holmberg, Puppies Puppies, and Artie Vierkant.
    43 min
  • Episode 9 - Manuel de Santaren
    In this episode of the Collect Wisely podcast, we spoke with Manuel de Santaren. Based in Boston, Manuel’s collection focuses on video art, photography and performance, and time-based works, with a particular focus on emerging artists. Manuel has been President of the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation in Miami since 2017. He also co-chairs the Guggenheim Museum’s Photography Council and is on the advisory boards of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University.
    48 min
  • Episode 8 - Jill and Peter Kraus
    Jill and Peter are active participants on the boards at a number of institutions; Jill is Chairman of the Board at the Public Art Fund, and a board member at the New Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. Peter chairs the Board of Overseers at CalArts and is a emeritus Trustee at Lincoln Center, where he chaired the public art program. The couple have gifted works from their collection to museums and institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
    48 min
  • Episode 7 - Monique and Myriam Vanneschi
    In June we spoke with sisters Monique and Myriam Vanneschi while in Basel for the 49th edition of Art Basel. The sisters, who are based in The Netherlands, discussed their varied interests and the dynamics of collecting individually and together for their family collection.
    41 min
  • Episode 6 - Ron Pizzuti
    Today we are speaking with Ron Pizzuti. Ron is based in Columbus, Ohio he and his wife Ann’s collection reflects their passion for contemporary art and has been amassed over the past 40 years.
    Ron serves on the board of trustees for the Wexner Center Foundation and is an honorary trustee of the Columbus Museum of Art. Ron and Ann’s collection of over 2,400 works is installed in their homes in Columbus, Ohio, Florida and New York City. In addition, their non-profit organization, The Pizzuti Collection, in Columbus, features a rotating schedule of exhibitions from the family collection ranging from painting and sculpture to film and photography. Promoting community involvement and open to the public, the organization is dedicated to fostering education and diversity through its programming.
    37 min
  • Episode 5 - Rodney Miller
    In this episode we have with us, Rodney Miller. Based in New York City, Rodney’s collection of contemporary art reflects his interest modern and contemporary African American and African art of the diaspora.
    Rodney serves on the board of trustees at The Studio Museum Harlem and is on the board of the University of Indiana’s business school. His collection of over 200 works features examples by artists such as Beauford Delaney, Romare Bearden, Alma Thomas, and Hale Woodruff alongside contemporary artists including Shinique Smith, Carrie Mae Weems, Glenn Ligon, Odili Donald Odita and Hank Willis Thomas.
    40 min
  • Episode 4 - Dr. Paul Marks
    In this episode of Collect Wisely, we spoke with Paul Marks live from Frieze New York. Paul has served on the Contemporary Curatorial Committee and acquisitions at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Board of Directors for the Art Gallery of York University, the Power Plant, and the MOCCA Collections Committee.
    35 min
  • Episode 3 - Marieluise Hessel Artzt
    In this episode, we spoke with Marieluise Hessel Artzt. Her wide-ranging collection of over 2,000 works, featuring international artists, is housed at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in New York, which she cofounded in 1992.
    36 min

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Collect Wisely aims to question the nature of collecting and connoisseurship in the 21st Century. Hosted by gallerist Sean Kelly.