Simply, I help people buy, sell, and maintain their artwork.

When someone is interested in buying a piece of artwork, but not sure where to start, I help identify artwork that would be of interest to them – either purchasing from a gallery, at auction, or from the artist directly.

I organize studio visits or other in person experiences, like attending art fairs which helps provide access to seeing the artwork that they are interested in. After someone has purchased a piece of artwork, I help them with shipping, framing, installation, lighting, appraisals and collection management. I’ve helped a lot with moves or renovations – organizing, having artwork packed and stored in a fine art storage facility.

UBS recently hosted a panel to discuss the art market in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. The goal of the conversation was to assess the impact and consider the possible evolution the future art market might undergo. 

As illustrated in the graph above, this is a deeper and more pervasive crisis than the 2009 subprime mortgage recession. One attribute of 2009's rebound was the globalization of the art market that had occurred in the decade leading up to 2009 with an influx of new galleries, artists, auction houses and collectors.

As we entered our second month amidst the devastation of the Coronavirus pandemic, we continued to look to art as a bright spot in our lives. After spending the first two weeks of social distancing cleaning out her studio, Brookline-based photographerRania Matar turned to her camera as a way of processing all that is happening around her. To document this unique moment in time and because she missed seeing people, she started a photo project called "Connections Across Barriers", shooting neighbors from behind their windows and doors.

I love the insider access many of these Podcasts provide. Guests open up and share with the hosts about their collections, productivity hacks and other fantastic advice from experts in their respective fields. 

I’ll continue to update this list as more courses and videos come online.

The kids aren't the only ones who can be home schooled. There are a wide variety of excellent courses and recorded lectures to catch up on. A few that I'm looking forward to:

• William Kentridge's 2012 Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at Harvard University. 

• MoMA is offering the course What is Contemporary Art?  In this free six week course, curators guide you through more than 70 works of art made between 1980 and the present. At the time of this email, 42,462 people were enrolled. 

I’ll continue to update this list as more museums and galleries come online.

Looking for a mystery? Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has a walk-through with its director of security, Anthony Amore, retracing the path taken by the thieves who broke into the museum on March 18, 1990

Love Contemporary art? The Metropolitan Museum in New York produces short videos of contemporary artists talking about their favorite works in the collection. It's a wonderful series to enjoy. I particularly like hearing Nick Cave talk about his interest in the Kuba cloths. They also have a series of six short videos that invite viewers around the world to virtually visit The Met's art and architecture in a fresh, immersive way

COVID-19 has uprooted how we interact, work and live. As we change our behavior there has been a quick shift by museums, galleries, artists and other arts organizations to continue to engage and inspire their audiences. If anything, I hope that this time enables us to take stock, organize and emerge appreciating so many simple aspects of life that we can't enjoy during this time. 

Have a plan for when disaster strikes. Planning for how and who will handle your collection in an extreme event is essential to managing your collection. Take the time now to put together your priority removal list. Compile the names and numbers of art handlers, fine art storage facilities and conservators who will help execute on your plan. I work with clients to prioritize objects and build relationships with the best fine art professionals in their area.

Last September, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston opened an all women's exhibition titled "Women Take the Floor", to highlight how few women are in museum collections (including their own).  In order to rectify these disheartening statistics, the exhibition has physical mass (hundreds of objects) and presence (on view until May 2021). I love the quote wall they use before you walk into the space, where heroes such as Faith Ringgold, Betye Saar and Ruth Asawa are quoted. Included in the wall text is the question: "Can you name 5 women artists?" This question, first posed by The National Museum of Women in the Arts based in Washington, DC, became a social media sensation when people utilized the hashtag #5womenartists last March during Women's History Month. It is a question that continues to stick with me.

January is the most visceral of art months. One normally doesn't search for Spring paintings in April, Summer scenes in July or Autumnal landscapes in October; the other three art seasons are seasonally-agnostic. Winter is different. Come January in New England, I look forward to seeing seasonally-appropriate works of art, and a major reason is the physical impact it has on me.