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3rd September 2015The Art Business Conference 2015 1 Lead Partner Associate Partners Automotive partner Media Partners Social Media Partner Supporting Partners WELCOME TO THE ART BUSINESS CONFERENCE I am delighted to welcome over 165 art businesses and organisations with 300 attendees from across the UK, Europe and the USA. I would like to thank all of our speakers for their valuable contributions and for taking time in their hectic schedules to prepare for today, with a special thank you to our returning conference chair, Georgina Adam. I would also like to thank all of this year’s sponsors and partners, and Louise Hamlin, Director The Art Business Conference appreciate your generous support of this important new initiative for the art market. Now in its second year, the aim of the conference is simple: to bring together art market professionals to discuss the key issues affecting the global art world, and to share insight and practical knowledge that, we hope, will prove useful for your business. During the various networking and refreshment breaks, the conference will also offer opportunities to meet new and existing contacts from different sectors of the art market. You can follow the conference live on www.tondo.is. I hope you enjoy this year’s conference and if there are ways in which we can improve your 2016 conference experience, I would like to hear from you. We are already reviewing topics for next year’s conference, and if you have suggestions, please get in touch at [email protected]. Floor plan and list of exhibitors .......................................................................................2 Conference schedule ......................................................................................................3 Morning session ..............................................................................................................5 Lunchtime menu and presentation ..................................................................................7 Afternoon session ...........................................................................................................9 Companies attending ....................................................................................................14 Organised by Published by All details in this publication were considered to be correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to change or cancel any details. Whilst every care is taken to ensure that the information published is accurate, the exhibition organisers Events and conferences for the global art world Elle Media Group and publishers cannot accept any 24 Wandsworth Road :LH_>H`:V\[OÄLSKZ0UK\Z[YPHS7HYR responsibility for any errors or London SW8 2JW Basildon, Essex SS15 6SW omissions or any consequences Tel: +44 (0) 7508 231 241 Tel: 01268 888214 arising therefrom. [email protected] www.ellemediagroup.co.uk Cover image: Cristina Muraca www.artmarketminds.com [email protected] The Art Business Conference 2015 1 FLOOR PLAN AND LIST OF EXHIBITORS All talks will take place in the Assembly Hall. This year, there are 3 dedicated networking rooms: Bishop Partridge Hall, Hoare Memorial Hall and the Harvey Goodwin Suite. Refreshments and lunch will be served in all 3 rooms. The Harvey Goodwin Suite is located downstairs and provides a more discreet networking room, with dedicated seating and tables for meeting with fellow delegates. EXHIBITORS HOARE MEMORIAL HALL Art Review Spear’s Magazine Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS) The Art Loss Register Borro Unbolted Elle Media Group 2 The Art Business Conference 2015 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 9:00 – 10:00 Delegate registration and breakfast networking ;LHJVќLLHUKWHZ[YPLZ^PSSILZLY]LK 10:00 Opening remarks from the conference chair Georgina Adam-; ;OL(Y[5L^ZWHWLY 10.05 Opening address Victoria Borwick47MVY2LUZPUN[VU 10:10 – 11.40 Opening panel: How can the art trade best protect its clients? An introduction by Dr. David Bellingham Ivan Macquisten ImacQ Christopher Battiscombe :VJPL[`VM3VUKVU(Y[+LHSLYZPierre Valentin *VUZ[HU[PUL*HUUVUJulian 5DGFOLσH (Y[3VZZ9LNPZ[LYRobert Hiscox /PZJV_0UZ\YHUJLHelen Carless :VJPL[`VM-PUL(Y[(\J[PVULLYZHUK=HS\LYZ 11.40 – 12.00 Mid-morning refreshment break :LY]LKPU[OL/VHYL4LTVYPHS/HSS)PZOVW7HY[YPKNL/HSSHUK/HY]L`.VVK^PU:\P[L ¶ 7HULSKPZJ\ZZPVU!;OLWYHJ[PJHSP[PLZVMHY[ÄUHUJLSVHUZ Melanie Gerlis ;OL(Y[5L^ZWHWLYSuzanne Gyorgy *P[PIHURPaul Ress 9PNO[*HWP[HS Li Jun Xian ,TPNYHU[ )HUR(Y[-PUHUJL Sandy Rich 9PJOHYK;OVTWZVU0UZ\YHUJL)YVRLYZ Paul Aitken )VYYV 1.00 – 2.10 Lunch :LY]LKPU[OL/VHYL4LTVYPHS/HSS)PZOVW7HY[YPKNL/HSSHUK/HY]L`.VVK^PU:\P[L 1.30 Lunchtime presentation: New auto-enrolment pension law Malcolm Lyons44,TWSV`LL)LULÄ[Z 2.10 – 2.40 Presentation: How to protect your art business against money laundering Michael JJ Martin +LSVP[[L-VYLUZPJ (43 2.40 – 3.30 Social-media focus: Instagram and the art market Josh Spero :WLHY»ZBec Storey :\[[VU79Alan Firmin )YPKNLTHU0THNLZJoe Kennedy <UP[3VUKVU 3.30 – 3.50 Mid-afternoon refreshment break :LY]LKPU[OL/VHYL4LTVYPHS/HSS)PZOVW7HY[YPKNL/HSSHUK/HY]L`.VVK^PU:\P[L 3.50 – 4.20 Presentation: What does the future hold for mobile technology and e-commerce? Paul Skeldon, 0U[LYUL[9L[HPSPUN 4.20 – 5.20 Panel discussion: Professional risk and reputation Tom Flynn *V\YZL+PYLJ[VY(Y[(WWYHPZHS!7YVMLZZPVUHS7YHJ[PJL2PUNZ[VU<UP]LYZP[`Christopher A. Marinello (Y[9LJV]LY`Adrian Parkhouse -HYYLY *VFreya Simms .VSKLUõ*VUZ\S[PUN 5.20 Closing remarks from conference chair and results from our social media partner tondo Saul Ingram [VUKVSonya Bekkerman [VUKV 5.30 – 6.30 Post-conference evening drinks reception /VHYL4LTVYPHS/HSSHUK/HY]L`.VVK^PU:\P[L YOU CAN FOLLOW THE CONFERENCE LIVE ON TONDO Please post your comments, top tips and questions at www.tondo.is The Art Business Conference 2015 3 >LHYLZWLJPHSPZ[LTWSV`LLILULÄ[Z advisers and look after many leading art galleries and dealers. If you need help and advice on your auto enrolment project, we can help. Approved LAPADA service provider Approved Society of London Art Dealers service provider Malcolm Lyons dipPFS CFP Caroline Masterton certPFS T 020 8874 1230 T 020 8874 1230 [email protected] [email protected] ^^^TTLTWSV`LLILULÄ[ZJV\R ^^^TTLTWSV`LLILULÄ[ZJV\R MORNING SESSION 10.10 – 11.40 Following Professor Roubini’s call at Davos earlier in 2015 for OPENING PANEL: the art market to be regulated, this panel will explore the current HOW CAN THE ART laws and regulations under which the art trade already operates. TRADE BEST PROTECT Panellists will also offer their perspectives on the market today, the ITS CLIENTS? ongoing challenges it faces, and how to address the increasing call for greater regulation within the industry. There will be an extended Q&A session to allow for additional contributions and questions from the audience. An introduction by Dr. David Bellingham is an art historian, author and Programme Director for Dr David Bellingham the Masters Degree in Art Business at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London where Sotheby’s Institute of Art he leads a unit on Law, Ethics and the Art Market. He is currently writing an introduction to the art market for professionals, collectors and students. Moderator: Ivan Macquisten After 30 years as a journalist, half of them as Editor of Antiques Trade ImacQ Gazette, Ivan Macquisten now runs his own consultancy, focusing on the international art and antiques market as a writer, analyst, pundit and business adviser. Christopher Battiscombe Christopher Battiscombe spent 37 years in HM Diplomatic Service, Society of London Art Dealers ending up as Ambassador to Jordan from 1997 to 2000. He has been Director General of the Society of London Art Dealers since 2001 and is also Secretary of the British Art Market Federation. Pierre Valentin Pierre Valentin is a partner of Constantine Cannon LLP in London, Constantine Cannon heading its international art law practice. He was formerly Associate General Counsel, a senior director of Sotheby’s and a partner of Withers LLP. Julian 5DGFOLσH Julian Radcliffe initiated the Art Loss Register in 1990 to help the Art Loss Register insurance industry and art trade reduce thefts of art and trade in stolen works, becoming majority shareholder in 2004. Robert Hiscox Robert Hiscox has spent the last 50 years helping to build the Hiscox Hiscox Insurance Insurance business and buying art for himself and the company. He has a wealth of experience in the foibles of the art trade and the perils faced by both collectors and works of art. Helen Carless Helen Carless is Chairman and Managing Director at Lawrences, where Society of Fine Art Auctioneers she was previously a consultant. She has sat on the Committee of the and Valuers Society of Fine Art Auctioneers committee for nearly 20 years and was appointed its Chairman in 2013. 11.40 – 12.00 MID-MORNING REFRESHMENT BREAK The Art Business Conference 2015 5 MORNING SESSION 12.00 – 1.00 The key players from the UK and US will present a workshop PANEL DISCUSSION: answering some of the key questions that art businesses and those THE PRACTICALITIES OF advising private collectors might need to know. The session will ex- ART FINANCE LOANS plore what the future holds for financing art, current products and services, and how insurance is playing an increasingly important part. The distinct qualities and risks of art as collateral will be cov- ered, including issues of authentication, condition and cross-border transactions. Moderator: Melanie Gerlis Melanie Gerlis became the Art Market