“Clients are still collecting art, because it is a passion, right? They love it. It's for all the reasons that everyone has always collected. But there have been increasing expectations around the financial performance of art and understanding of it as an asset class.”

In this month’s episode of The Bigger Picture, we’re joined by Drew Watson, Managing Director, Head of Art Services at Bank of America, who explains the latest mood in art investment, generational shifts and the overriding importance of a passion for the work.

From understanding the impact of macroeconomic factors on market trends, to exploring the growing prioritisation of emotional motivations in collectors and regulatory pressures mounting on the trade, this interview offers a comprehensive overview to anyone keen to better understand current market forces and careers within it.

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In this month’s episode of The Bigger Picture, we’re joined by Oliver Howell, CEO of Gander & White Shipping. Oliver shares insights into the evolving demands of sustainable business practices and the challenges of operating globally during periods of economic uncertainty.

Essential listening for anyone interested in the art market or keen to understand more how shifting trade dynamics are shaping daily operations across the sector.

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“It was a challenge, running a prestige print publication on a monthly basis, with various supplements, events, and then also throwing into that, the digital publication and all that entails, whilst having to keep up with changes in the digital world, the dissemination channels, socials and so on that come with it.”

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In this month’s podcast, special guest Tom Marks, former editor of Apollo magazine who now co-directs Marks Calil, a strategic consultancy working with businesses and organisations in the art world, joins us to discuss publishing, the relationship between commercial and not-for- profit entities, as well as the significance of education within society and his own career.
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In this month’s podcast, special guest Bethany Woolfall,
Vice President of Customers at Arcarta, joins us to
discuss the conflicting and shifting demands of the
market, the importance of trust and the role of networks
in shaping her own career path- from gallery sales, to
shaping technological solutions unique to the trade.

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“I wanted to create an event that African artists could be extremely proud of, to ensure that they knew I wasn’t trying to categorise them into anything, but rather give them a voice.’

In this week’s podcast, special guest Touria El-Glaoui, Founding Director of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, joins us to discuss the event’s expansion, her long-term fascination with the continent and how her father’s career as an artist impacted her own fascination with the sector.

Learn more about the resilience and ambition required to develop a fair which now holds a prominent position in the market’s calendar, and the importance of recognising skills which transfer across sectors.

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“We always try to focus on ‘money can't buy’ experiences, exclusive access and creating bespoke experiences where people can gain meaning out of it.”

In this week’s podcast, special guests, Amelie Von Wedel [Founder of Wedel Art Advisory] and Meher Waney [Director of Membership and Business Development at The Arts Club,] join us to discuss their collaboration and creation of exclusive experience in London Dover Street’s Arts Club.

Learn more about the fascinating collaboration between art advisory and club development, whilst exploring the interrelationships between the art, floristry, cuisine and business all housed in the capital’s established club.

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Special guest, Helen Allen, is the newly appointed Development Director at London’s The Treasure House Art Fair [27th June to 2 July] and Executive of Director of The Winter Show, New York.

“I got to spend my lunch hours on the days that the [Metropolitan] museum was closed, exploring- one day it might be the medieval section, the next it may be China and the following, the Near East. It was a wonderful chance to explore.”

In this week’s podcast we learn more of Allen’s ambitions to bring together collectors from across continents and of her extensive breadth of experience spanning auction houses, galleries and fairs.

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Special guest, Tanya Barson, is Curatorial Senior Director at Hauser & Wirth, joins us to discuss her extensive career working across museum and private collections and projects.

In this week’s podcast we learn more about the challenges and opportunities to be found in curating extensive, constantly-evolving collections, the shifting role of curators and more of Barson’s direct experience in supporting acquisitions of Latin American art.

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