For nearly 20 years, Emily and Teddy Greenspan have been collecting contemporary art by emerging artists. Their philosophy is to find artists early in their career and continue to buy them as they develop into the mid-career stage.
Emily has been around the arts her whole life. Her father
owned Newel Art Galleries, a prestigious antiques emporium,
where she worked for several years. Before that, she was an
editor at Elle Decor, a well-known home-design
magazine. Teddy's passion for art started in college after taking Art History classes. He caught the bug and started buying art as an outlet from his stress-filled finance job.
Over the past several years, the Greenspans have had numerous friends and acquaintances ask for their advice on how to determine a piece's value; where works should be hung; what would look right in a particular space; and how to engage a gallery and get a fair deal.
Teddy's approach, "We buy first with our eyes but also with our ears," has been successful for the couple. Their priority is to find work that they want to live with, keeping in mind that collecting ties up real after-tax capital.
Recently the Greenspans decided to offer Art Advisory services for collectors and first-time buyers looking to buy young and mid-career artists. They feel that their experience and access to galleries can offer education about artists, confidence in buying, and the convenience of narrowing down the art world for people who want to learn but might not have as much time to devote to it.
Service Offerings
Services are billed in one of three ways: hourly rate, annual retainer or commission per piece.
Corporate clients will be billed at an hourly rate.
Our services include the following:
- Personal consultation with art-collection program
development
- Catalogue and review existing art collection
- Art allocation and budget planning
- Guided artist studio, museum and gallery tours
- Coordination of private art commissions
- Advice on framing, handling and installation
- Interior design collaboration
- Management of art programs for corporate collections
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