Over the last few weeks, we’ve discussed some of the panels and presentations at Artelligence on Thursday, September 13th at the New York Athletic Club. Noah Horowitz will lead a panel on the future of art fairs that will begin with a presentation of research on gallery performance at fairs. Allen Hansen will discuss with Arthur Goldberg his experiences collecting photography as Contemporary art. Michael Findlay will give the benefit of his decades experience in the art market to argue that we focus too much on the mechanics of buying and selling art and not enough on the art itself.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Benjamin Mandel will present his research on the changing nature of the international art buyer by looking at the Internationalization of Chinese Art. Josh Baer and Ralph Lerner will discuss 1031 Exchanges.

Finally, Todd Levin will talk to Marion Maneker about his experiences in two artist’s markets that have been very active in recent years: Gerhard Richter’s and Alexander Calder’s. In addition, attendees will receive an ArtTactic report on the Calder market that details the recent rise of Calder’s work to blue chip status. Marion Maneker will present the report’s highlights and there will be discussion

8:30am Registration

9am Michael Findlay

The Value of Art

9:45am Benjamin Mandel

The Internationalization of Chinese Art

10:30am Todd Levin

Case Studies in the Richter and Calder Markets (plus Calder Report)

11:30am Arthur Goldberg

Collecting Photography as Fine Art

12:30pm Networking Lunch

1pm  Ralph Lerner & Josh Baer

1031 Exchanges

2pm The Future of Art Fairs Panel

with Noah Horowitz, Stephano Curioni, Sean Kelly, 

Christian Viveros-Faune & Thea Westreich

Leading off the Artelligence Conference this September 13th in New York City will be Michael Findlay, the author of The Value of Art, a fascinating book on the art trade but also something of a manifesto on how to look at, think about and experience art. Central to Findlay’s point of view, as he explains in the audio clip below from a conversation recorded several months ago, is that the way in which we understand a work of art’s value has been up ended by the fixation on auction prices and valuations. Findlay will have more to say at the conference. 

For those of you thinking about coming to this September’s Artelligence conference, here’s an audio recording of  Nick Aquavella, Guy Bennett, Nick Maclean and Helly Nahmad discussing the Modern market at our last conference:

You can read some of the headlines from that panel here, here and here. And if you would like to join us for this Sept. 13th’s edition, you can buy a ticket below:

Noah Horowitz has announced the panelists for his Future of Art Fairs conversation at Artelligence:

• Thea Westreich, Thea Westreich Art Advisory Services
• Christian Viveros-Faune, The Village Voice
• Stefano Baia Curioni, Professor at Universita Bocconi, Milan

One of the highlights of September 13th’s Artelligence conference will be a conversation with Arthur Goldberg, one of ArtNews’s Top 200 Collectors, about collecting photographic works as Contemporary art.

Although photographic-based works, including examples by Cindy Sherman and Andreas Gursky, have hit record prices, the acceptance of photography at the very top of the Contemporary art market has only been recent. Goldberg will explore that process through is own experiences.

Other topics Goldberg will discuss that with Crozier’s Allen Hansen will include his decision to open a private museum in Mt. Kisco.