The Art Elevator

Anjan Chatterjee is a Professor of Neurology, Psychology, and Architecture and the founding Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics.

He has won awards for his work in the fields of cognitive neurology as well as psychology and art and has written some fascinating books on these topics.

In this episode you will learn about:

• How our brains respond to beauty.
• How the human experience of beauty is malleable and why this matters.
• What the evaluation of art looks like in the brain.
• The potential for misuse of neuroaesthetics in the art industry.

Melissa Cowley Wolf is a cultural philanthropist advisor and is the founder of MCW Projects, where she seeks to expand the next generation of cultural philanthropists, advocates and audiences.

In this episode you will learn:

• What a cultural philanthropy advisor does
• Strategies and approaches to solve for the funding crisis in the arts.
• Ways to recognize what's important to the new generation of patrons of the arts
• How to tie donors, audiences, and patrons into stories in a meaningful, inclusive and compelling way

Plus much more!

I'm joined in this episode by Greg Dalli from Centauri Capital, which is a company that invests in NFTs, Crypto and Startups. He describes himself as an Angel Investor, NFT Nerd and love of psychedelic art.

In this episode you will learn:

• Why NFTs have value, and what does value mean?
• What genres exist within this NFT landscape Trends in NFTs for the future?
• Why NFTs are able to democratize access to the art world And a whole lot more!

#18 Spencer W. Stuart provides advisory services to private collectors as well as institutions aiding in the design and execution of collection development, inventories, catalogues and collection appraisals as well as deaccession strategies.

In this episode you will learn:

• What is an idea-based collection?
• How questions can spark collections that explore dialogues not written into mainstream history.
• Examples of some fabulous idea-based collections

And SO much more!!

#17 Join me in episode #17 of The Art Elevator Podcast as I interview Monica Brown, the Senior specialist of prints and multiples at Hindman Auctions. Through our discussion on printmaking, you will learn:

• That prints can be a great entry point to collecting art, and how to get started
• The importance of understanding the print type and artist's market when buying prints, especially on the secondary market. Find out the right questions to ask before you buy!
• Some of the ways dealers can misrepresent prints
• Insight into some artists whose prints have appreciated over time

And more!!!!

Sarah is a Certified Member of the International Society of Appraisers with the Private Client Services designation for working with high-net-worth individuals and a Certified Member of the Appraisers Association of America.

Sarah is CEO of Artifactual History® Appraisal which provides USPAP-compliant appraisal services of art, Midcentury Modern Design, silver, furniture, antiques and decorative arts for clients including private collectors, corporations, institutions, and members of the diplomatic community. Sarah is the Co-Founder and Co-Editor of Worthwhile Magazine™ which publishes about collecting, connoisseurship, and appraising. She is also the creator of the online course SILVER 101: Quickly Learn How to Identify Your Sterling Silver and Silverplate to Find the Valuable Pieces and Sort with Empowered Confidence, available for enrollment through her website or Teachable school.

Larissa is also a Certified Member of the International Society of Appraisers and an art consultant and can be found at: https://www.larissawild.com/You can find out more about personal property appraisers at: https://www.isa-appraisers.org/ , https://www.appraisersassociation.org/, https://www.appraisers.org/Home.

Sarah and I sit down in this new series where we discuss the world of appraising and give an inside look into what the appraisal world looks like.

In today's episode, Sarah and I discuss:

• What is in a qualified appraisal
• How to find a qualified appraiser
• The benefit of using USPAP -compliant appraisers.

Plus much more!

Find all the links and show notes at theartelevator.com/blog.

#15 Marilyn Borglum has been a professional artist for over twenty-nine years.

She is Co-Founder of Borglum Art Education and Move America.

Marilyn received her Master of Fine Arts in painting from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1993. While she was a student there, she was awarded the graduate teaching position for printmaking. While she had been drawing and painting horses since she was a young girl, she began her in-depth study of the horse, as an art student as both a printmaker and painter. Her exploration of the horse's form has expanded for over two decades, often working on very large-scale life-sized equine portraits. Her equine paintings have been featured in Dressage Today, Hanover Lifestyle Magazine, Inside Hanover, The Laurel Magazine, and many online periodicals.

Her new large-scale narrative portraiture series demonstrates her mastery of the acrylic medium, her attention to detail, and her love for the intellectual challenge in creating narrative work.

She has been influenced by the expressionist works of William de Kooning, and Ben Shahn, and the equine work of Deborah Butterfield and others.

I'm so excited to bring my interview with artist Marilyn Borglum with you today. In our conversation, you will learn:

• How the best of us struggle, and how this can bring new ways of seeing
• The importance of understanding color as an artist, and as a viewer
• The journey of Monet as an artist, from the perspective of an artist
• How to see what artists have created more clearly

And much more!

#14 Heather Marx Art Advisory is a comprehensive art consultant agency that services private and corporate collections nationwide, produces and project manages independent curatorial projects, and provides arts-related consultation. HMxAA focuses on projects that inspire clients and provide a welcoming dialogue about how art can create positive change.

For over 20 years, Heather Marx has worked in the arts industry in both academic and professional contexts. She received her Masters of Art History from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and worked in the Los Angeles and San Francisco art scenes of the 1990s. In 2001, she established what would ultimately become Marx & Zavattero, a leading contemporary gallery in San Francisco known for a strong, cutting-edge program.

I'm so excited to share this interview with Heather today. In today's episode, you'll learn:

• The role of an art consultant
• The benefits of working with an art consultant
• What mistakes art consultants will help you avoid

Plus much more!

Aubrey Catrone is an international art historian, appraiser, and provenance researcher. Aubrey earned an MA in History of Art from University College London, specializing in the documented histories of art objects, and is a USPAP-compliant Associate Member of the Appraisers Association of America. With an art gallery and academic research background, Catrone founded Proper Provenance, LLC to provide her clients with the tools, not only to historically contextualize art but also to shed light on attribution and legal title within the international art market.

#13 I'm so excited to give a clearer picture of art provenance and its role in the art world. In today's episode, you'll learn:

• What is art provenance and why does it matter
• Why you want to do your due diligence when you purchase artwork
• The importance of your paperwork and the role it plays in art history.

And much more!

Find all links and show notes at theartelevator.com/blog.

#12 Nikki Todd is the founder of Visions West Gallery located in Denver Colorado and Bozeman and Livingston in Montana.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What is contemporary naturalism?
• Why animal and nature themes have been used throughout art
• How artists are able to bring attention to social and environmental issues
• The influence of art of the american west

And much more.