Megan Fox Kelly Announces Reading the Art World, A New Live Interview Series and Podcast with Leading Art World Authors
Megan Fox Kelly Art Advisory is pleased to announce Reading the Art World, a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors launching on June 29, 2021. Reading the Art World presents interviews between Megan Fox Kelly and authors of recently released or upcoming art-centric books. The conversations will explore timely subjects in the art world, based on artists and market trends along with published art historical writing.
“As an art advisor, insightful new books are a vital force in my practice. From catalogues raisonnes and exhibition catalogues to artists’ monographs, biographies and art market analyses, they all contribute to how I work, learn and innovate,” explained Kelly. “Reading the Art World will provide an essential space for us to elevate these works. As an avid reader I’m delighted to have further reason to read more and have the opportunity to engage with the minds behind these publications.”
Reading the Art World will debut as a live streamed interview between Kelly and collector Tiqui Atencio Demirdjian, author of For Art’s Sake: Inside the Home of Art Dealers (Rizzoli, October 2020) on June 29 at 12pm ET. Future episodes will feature veteran arts journalist and author Georgina Adam, author of The Rise and Rise of the Private Art Museums (Lund Humphries, September 2021), and Financial Times art market columnist Melanie Gerlis, author of The Art Fair Story: A Roller Coaster Ride (Lund Humphries, December 2021). Other talks in the series will be announced in autumn 2021.
The virtual conversations will consist of a 30-minute interview followed by a 15-minute Q&A session. The interview portion of each event will be subsequently released as a podcast available on all major hosting services in the dayßßs following the event. Once feasible, future episodes of Reading the Art World will also at times be presented in an in-person setting.
Register for the debut episode with Tiqui Atencio Demirdjian on June 29 at 12pm ET.
About Megan Fox Kelly
Megan Fox Kelly is a professional art advisor who builds and manages collections for an international mix of individuals, museums, estates and foundations. Her professional training began at the National Gallery of Art. After ten years in the international art market, she established Megan Fox Kelly Art Advisory in New York in 1999. She has curated private collections of Post-War and Contemporary art, important 19th and 20th century American and European art, and vintage and contemporary photography. She is President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors, with a specialization in Post War and Contemporary Art and is U.S.P.A.P compliant. Additionally, she has a Certificate of Appraisal Studies from New York University.
About Megan Fox Kelly Art Advisory
Founded in 1999, Megan Fox Kelly Art Advisory is a full-service advisory practice based in New York City, with expertise in advising trusts and estates, acquiring and selling art, and planning artist estates. It specializes in Post-War and Contemporary Art. The Advisory provides curatorial and market advice and museum-quality fine art services for collectors, attorneys, financial advisors and estates. With an emphasis on a strategic focus, expertise, and developing partnerships that reflect its values, the Advisory provides its international clientele advisory services of the highest caliber.
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