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| Shared Passions |
Aesthetic Aspirations
Josh Baer
08/02/2004
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Even fine art devotees cannot accomplish their goals alone. Most serious
collectors employ the art world’s version of research and development department,
in the form of art advisors. |
Donald B. Marron credits three
people: the late Monique Beudert, his first curator; former MoMA staffer
Jennifer Wells; and his present advisor, the insightful Matthew Armstrong, who
became curator of Lightyear after working in the same position at UBS. They
provide “another set of expert eyes, who also help with the necessary research
and curatorial management of the collections,” Marron explains. Even the
Whitney-trained Tim Nye consults close friends and advisors in his inner circle.
With the help of skilled advisors, each of them has carved out a new definition
of what it means to be a collector today.
Josh Baer is a private art dealer who publishes The Baer Faxt, a
contemporary arts newsletter. Photography by Susan Anderson
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