The Art of Influence will open promptly at 10am. Guests are invited for a cup of coffee or tea and to grab their seats before programming kicks off at 10:20am.

Welcome from Puck's Marion Maneker & FLAG Art Foundation's Glenn Furhman

Four leading art collectors discuss the landscape of the art world. How has collecting changed over the span of their experience? What is the role of the collector as a patron, a lender, a museum trustee, or founder of a foundation? Will a new generation of collectors follow them?

Speakers: Glenn Fuhrman, the FLAG foundation; Dasha Zhukova, founder of Ray; Tom Hill, Hill art foundation; Michael Ovitz, chairman, Threville Capital

One of the most significant changes in the art market over the last two decades has been the rise of art advisors as central figures. Three prominent art advisors—based in the U.S., Europe, and Asia—share their views on the current state of the art world, what motivates their clients, and where they believe opportunities lie.

Speakers:

Wentworth Beaumont, Beaumont Nathan; Brett Gorvy, Lévy Gorvy Dayan; Patti Wong, PWA

Glenn Fuhrman interviews Swiss artist Nicolas Party, a figurative painter who has achieved critical success for his unsettling landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. Party’s soft pastel works have a degree of intensity that morph objects into abstracted, biomorphic shapes, and his unique visual vocabulary has created a pictorial language that is both familiar and challenging—one of fantastical characters, where perspective is heightened and skewed to uncanny effect.

Network with industry professionals & Puck journalists.

After nearly three years of a slowdown in the fine art market, Sotheby’s C.E.O. Charles Stewart talks about the future of the company as it looks to open its third new auction center in the Breuer Building in New York. Having secured a major investment from Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, ADQ, Stewart has expanded his company’s sales in real estate, luxury goods, sports collectibles, and, now, popular culture.

 A discussion among museum directors about their institutions and audiences. How do museums program to meet the twin goals of engaging audiences and drawing attention to relevant artists? The directors will also address questions about fundraising challenges in the new cultural and political landscape.

Speakers: Anne Pasternak, The Brooklyn Museum, Scott Rothkopf, The Whitney Museum.

As one of the art market’s dominant figures, and the first global gallerist, Larry Gagosian has shaped the selling of art more than any other person in the last fifty years. Gagosian will discuss his role in the growth of the art market and his views on the changing dynamic of art dealing over the last half-century. 

Join us for drinks and bites to close out the day. Our day will conclude at 4 pm.