A Collector's Search: Where We Begin
In a Collector’s Search: Where We Begin, we’ll connect with an art dealer, curator and culture-connector about how they’re meeting artists, and the factors that influence their decisions to collect or select artwork for their programs. We’ll also talk about studio visits, pricing and insights to help you forge your own path to collecting art.
Join us on Tuesday, February 9 at 6 PM on Zoom at bit.ly/discoverartists.
Folasade Ologundudu of Light Work (Moderator)
Folasade Ologundudu is a Brooklyn-born writer, podcast host/creator, and multidisciplinary artist whose work explores issues of identity, race, culture as it pertains to art, fashion, and design. She is the founder of Light Work, a creative platform rooted at the intersection art, education, and culture. Her podcast, Light Work presents: Everything is Connected, now in production for its second season, currently highlights the work of visual artists and art professionals of the African Diaspora.
Claire Breukel of DACRA / Miami Design District
Claire Breukel is the curator for Dacra and the Craig Robins Collection. South African-born, Claire was introduced to Miami in 2003 through the Rubell Family Collection and was the first Executive Director for Locust Projects. Her curatorial roles have included organizations such as PUMA.Creative, the (RED) Design Auction at Sotheby’s New York, Y.ES Contemporary, the Museum of Art El Salvador and the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Art. She has written for Harvard’s Revista, Whitewall, Arte Aldia, Eikon, ArtPulse, Wynwood magazine, Women’s Review, Function and Modernity online, and Hyperallergic.com, and co-edited the publication, Y.ES Collect Contemporary El Salvador with Mario Cader-Frech and Simón Vega.
Maritza Lacayo of Pérez Art Museum Miami
Maritza Lacayo is Curatorial Assistant and Publications Coordinator at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) since March 2017. She has assisted in the production of dozens of exhibitions at PAMM, including Dara Friedman: Perfect Stranger (2017); On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection (2017); Beatriz González: A Retrospective (2019); and Lynne Gelfman: Grids (2021). She has numerous curatorial projects forthcoming including The Artist as Poet: Selections from PAMM’s Collection (March 2021). She is also a writer, contributing to numerous platforms. Most recently, her essay, The Haziness of Memory, was published on the event of artist Vaughn Spann’s first monograph and exhibition at Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels. She holds a BA in Art History from the American University of Paris and a Master of Letters (MLitt) in Modern and Contemporary Art and Art World Practice from the University of Glasgow, Scotland (Christie’s Education Program).
Jumaane N’Namdi of N’Namdi Contemporary
Jumaane N’Namdi, director of N’Namdi Contemporary Miami, was introduced to the professional art world at the age of six. Throughout his multi-faceted career as a curator, gallerist and art consultant, he keeps a special focus on three concepts: education, culture, and aesthetics. With years of working with many of the country’s top established artists and his unparalleled eye for picking exquisite pieces, he has now fused the masters with mid-career and fresh emerging talent, creating an international array of unique artists.