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Here is a look at what you cannot miss, what I am listening to and what you need to check out...
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I'm Amelia, Founding Partner at Legacy Art Partners, where I help collectors navigate every stage of their art journey—from strategic sales and acquisitions to market valuation and analysis. With over a decade in the art world, including leadership roles at Bonhams and Christie’s, I'm passionate about art both as a personal pursuit and an alternative asset class. I love sharing insights from my experience and am always excited to connect with fellow art enthusiasts and investors.
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I recently attended the opening of Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective at SFMOMA which was featured on the front page of the New York Times. As this article elaborates on much further, the rise to posthumous appreciation by the art world is a rare and beautiful story. I was at Christie’s in 2013 when the selling exhibition of her work was staged, and at the time she had little recognition outside of the Bay Area. It was remarkable to reflect that it was only 12 years ago and its is a rare arc of a career trajectory to follow. Her retrospective is now touring from her hometown to MOMA, the Guggenheim Bilbao and the Foundation Beyler–truly the hit list for any artist’s retrospective.
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The exhibition features over 300 works and focuses on her signature looped-wire sculptures but also her public artworks, drawings and prints. I plan to use this map to visit all of her public artworks in the Bay Area.
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What I am listening to...
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Whenever I have a long drive ahead I like to listen to a few podcasts and these are the ones I recommend about the art market. It is a mix of the lives of artists, massive fraud scandals and in depth analysis of how the art market works.
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Death of an Artist
There are two seasons of Death of an Artist thus far, the first focusing on the early tragic death of Ana Mendieta and the second on the artist Lee Krasner, who also happened to be the wife of Jackson Pollock. While the first season includes true crime–did her husband Carl Andre kill her or didn’t he?--I think the biggest question this podcast poses is if you can ever separate the lives of artists from their work.
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Freakonomics: The Hidden Side of the Art Market
I think this three-part series from 2021 is still the most comprehensive understanding of how the art market works from an outsider’s perspective. After explaining all of the players and how the market works, it explores the massive disruption currently underway in the art market.
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The Surprising Parallels Between Angel Investing and Collecting Art
I can't recommend podcasts and not mention my own! I did a talk for the Hustle Fund Angel Squad on the comparison between angel investing and art collecting. Please don’t let phrases like “portfolio construction” scare you, the two really do have a lot in common.
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Art Fraud
The biggest scandal to rock the art market recently was the Knoedler Gallery’s multi-year scandal selling (very good) fake artworks for many millions of dollars to the world’s top collectors. This podcast will leave you sitting in the parking lot at your destination to hear what happened next.
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