Daniela Bianco (@theblondeartdealer) has spent her career at the heart of the commercial art world: 15 years in galleries, followed by a few years at Artsy in private sales, and she is now Chief Sales Officer at art tech company Artscapy, a platform designed to simplify art collecting, management and investing for collectors. She has curated selling exhibitions in London, Milan and Brussels, and launched her own blog, The Blonde Art Dealer, and podcast, Secrets of the Art Business, back in 2020.

Daniela is also a collector in her own right, collecting personally for 18 years, with a very unique point of view at the intersection of art, investment and tech, and the reason I wanted to have her on the podcast.

We sat on the terrace at Tate Modern, overlooking the Thames. It was one of those moments where I felt very grateful to be able to talk about my favourite subject with someone who knows it so well.

The conversation did not disappoint. We covered the hierarchy of mediums, why collectors should consider art as an asset class, art advisor red flags, and the problematic buy-one-donate-one gallery model. What came through across every topic is Daniela's dedication to helping collectors, both new and established, make empowered decisions, so they can focus on building and enjoying their collection.

I'll leave you now to enjoy my conversation with Daniela Bianco.

References in the episode:

• Gonkar Gyatso
• Thandiwe Muriu
• Rala Choi
• Annie Morris
• Julie Mehretu
• Helen Frankenthaler
• Avant Arte
• Pauline Karpidas Collection
• Artsy
• Artnet
• The Art Newspaper
• FT The Art Market
• Lisa Schiff
• Lindsey Bull
• Women in the picture
• Isabella Amran
• Alexis Ralavaio
• Valeria Napoleone

Follow the podcast to see the guests' collections at ⁠@collectors_corner_⁠ !