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Nazy Vassegh on collecting art

Episode Summary

The leading London art advisor gives Danielle tips on the best way to build a collection, and explains how her self-created art fair is breaking the mould.

Episode Notes

What makes a good art fair? In recent years, there has been an ever-growing number of them around the world, their size and number leading to complaints of disregard of environmental impact and general art fair fatigue. So, is it possible to make attending an art fair into a creatively fulfilling experience? Leading art advisor Nazy Vassegh addresses this with her boutique art fair, Eye of the Collector, located in the storied 2 Temple Place building in London. Nazy sees her mission as putting the art centre stage, placing established artists alongside emerging and overlooked ones, and enabling a voyage of discovery and experiential event for the culturally curious. She also gives her thoughts and advice on how to build an art collection and changing trends in art collecting.