How to Buy Art

Collecting art is as personal or public as each person chooses; each collection is considered the creative expression of the collector. This conversation brings together views from both the buyer and the seller on what to look for when buying art: What are some of the common and/or unusual factors in acquiring artworks from emerging, mid-career, established artist and artist estates? When acquiring artworks, what commitments are made, and to whom? How to balance ‘buyer’s remorse” and impulsive-buys, along with trusting intuition and negotiating codes of ethics will also be discussed.

Philippe Charpentier, Co-Owner and Director, mor charpentier, Paris; Monique Burger, Owner, Burger Collection, Hong Kong; Herman Steyn, Executive Chairman, Prescient Group, and Co-Founder, Scheryn Art Collection, Cape Town

Moderator: Alexander Forbes, Executive Editor, Artsy, New York

Friday, June 15, 2018, 5pm - 6pm

Filmed on site at Art Basel in Basel 2018.