Charting the Art Adviser’s Rise in the Art World

ARTSY | Don Thompson:

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 10 of  “The Orange Balloon Dog: Bubbles, Turmoil and Avarice in the Contemporary Art Market,” the latest book from economist and art market commentator Don Thompson, out now in Canada from Douglas & McIntyre and available in the U.S.on September 9th.

Amy Cappellazzo was for thirteen years Christie’s co-head of postwar and contemporary art, and a top dealmaker. In 2014 she left the auction house to become an art adviser. She thought it worthwhile to step back from the pinnacle of the art world for an undefined profession already populated with more people offering consulting services than the market seemed able or willing to support… Read more

Image: Portrait of Amy Cappellazzo and Allan Schwartzman of Art Agency, Partners, courtesy of Art Agency, Partners. Photo by Roe Etheridge