Welcome to the Art of Influence! Join us for a coffee and pastry at the Bowery Hotel

A warm welcome from Glenn Fuhrman, Founder of The FLAG Art Foundation and Marion Maneker, Puck's Art Correspondent 

The leaders of three of New York’s most prestigious art museums join Glenn Fuhrman for a wide-ranging discussion of the challenges and opportunities facing the world’s most important art institutions.

Speakers: Christophe Cherix, Melissa Chiu, and Max Hollein

Moderated by: Glenn Fuhrman

As a generation of art collections come to term, attention has turned to who will define the tastes and collecting categories of the next cohort to enter the art world. Met trustee Jennifer Rubio and advisor Sophia Cohen explore the interests and ambitions of this new breed of collectors as they redefine institutions and set a new agenda within the art world.

Speakers: Jennifer Rubio, Sophia Cohen

Moderator: Marion Maneker

Freeman’s C.E.O. Muys Snijders and chairman and collector Jay Krehbiel discuss the transfer of significant family estates, and how this process will play out in a local and regional context within the international marketplace.

Speakers: Jay Krehbiel and Muys Snijders

Moderator: Marion Maneker

Fusing elements of Black culture in America into a body of artworks that celebrate “Black joy,” artist Derrick Adams has built a career that is currently the subject of a mid-career survey at the ICA Boston titled Derrick Adams: View Master. Adams and Glenn Fuhrman discuss his vision and experience as an artist.

Speakers: Derrick Adams

Moderator: Glenn Fuhrman

In a year when the auction market has come roaring back—led by marquee collections from Si Newhouse, Agnes Gund, and many others—Christie’s C.E.O. Bonnie Brennan explores the enduring power of auctions to shape markets, create cultural moments, and engage new generations of collectors. Drawing on Christie’s leadership at the intersection of art, luxury, and innovation, Brennan will discuss the growing influence of women as collectors and market-makers, luxury categories as a gateway to collecting, and the opportunities that emerge as Christie’s expands into new markets and reaches new audiences around the world.

Speakers: Bonnie Brennan

Moderator: Marion Maneker

After a career in leadership positions at both Christie’s and Sotheby’s, Amy Cappellazzo has become a central figure advising estates like Agnes Gund’s and other collectors’ through her firm, Art Intelligence Global. Always opinionated, provocative, and forthright, Cappellazzo shares her views of the current state of the art world.

Speakers: Amy Cappellazzo

Moderator: Glenn Fuhrman

Of the four major global galleries in the art world, Pace is the oldest and has grown the most from its origins in Boston’s Back Bay 65 years ago. In this frank conversation, art world legend and Pace founder Arne Glimcher and C.E.O. Marc Glimcher discuss the growth, transformation, and recent reckoning within the gallery business—and how Pace is entering a new phase of its long and storied life.

Speakers: Arne Glimcher and Marc Glimcher

Moderator: Marion Maneker

Join us for some drinks and bites on the terrace. Don't forget to exit through the Air Mail gift store on your way out!