Georgia Powell And Liza Shapiro

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Ministry of Arts PodcastEp.246 Georgia Powell/CURA Art - Ministry of Arts PodcastIn this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Georgia Powell of co-founder of CURA Art (@cura_art_)Georgia Powell and Liza Shapiro are the Founders of CURA Art and The Residency. Through the two platforms, the founders have created an environment that is focused on long-term care and legacy. The Residency is a platform aimed at supporting and sponsoring underrepresented artists, centered around time away from their usual routine at various appropriate spaces. The Residency uses a unique approach, creating a supportive ecosystem through mentorship and community, connecting artists with influential patrons as a catalyst for change...2024-03-0434 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldHormazd Narielwalla - ArtistHormazd Narielwalla is a London-based artist who is known for his geometric collages made from repurposed tailoring and sewing patterns. His work also encompasses original prints, artist books, and sculpture. After moving to the UK from his home of Pune, India, to study fashion, he had a conversation with a Savile Row Tailor that changed the course of his art practice. The tailor described the disposal of bespoke paper patterns of customers who had passed away and this ended up influencing Narielwalla’s creative journey and continues to play a large role within his work. Narielwalla has an...2021-05-2733 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldLily Ackerman - Art ConsultantLily Ackerman founded Ackerman studios – a London-based art consultancy working closely with artists and galleries, connecting them to hotels, restaurants, and private spaces. They offer full services including strategic planning and conception, art curation and procurement, and advisory. Built on over a decade of experience, Ackerman Studios work closely with a variety of hospitality spaces, most recently including 45 Park Lane and the Daisy Green Collection. They pride themselves on working with both established and emerging artists and focussing on the narratives underpinning each project.Capitalising on her extensive relationships with artists and galleries, Lily enjoys tra...2021-05-2025 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldPhilip Smith - AuctioneerPhilip Smith is an auctioneer and specialist in 20th Century Design and Modern & Post-War British Art, running these departments and as Associate Director at Lyon & Turnbull.After graduating with a Masters from the Courtauld Institute in 2007, Philip has over 10 years’ experience within the auction industry, beginning his career at a leading provincial auctioneers in the South of England. During this time he has developed some of the leading sales in the country within these fields and is particularly known as a leading specialist in studio & contemporary ceramics, post-war art and artist’s studi...2021-05-0638 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldVictoria Chapman - CuratorVictoria Chapman founded VC Projects in 2014, out of a desire to aide artists and curators with both gallery and museum exhibitions. Her services also include art advisory, proposal writing, and social media outreach. Victoria studied at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, at Tufts University, starting her professional career early, working at the college art gallery and at The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Over the course of the next 30 years she worked with Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Laguna Art Museum and Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach. As an Art Director for D...2021-04-2939 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldAshleigh Brown - Conservator and Collection Care AdvisorAshleigh Brown is a trained paper conservator and collection care advisor with experience in both the private and public sector on both sides of the Atlantic. She studied History of Art at Manchester University before completing a master’s degree in Conservation of works on paper at UAL. She gained significant experience outside of conservation as an Art Collection Manager to ultra-high net worth individuals and further knowledge in insurance and the legal aspects of the art trade in her role as Head of Conservation at John Jones. She has since founded a conservation studio called The Con...2021-04-2236 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldSkylar Hughes - ArtistSkylar Hughes is an artist living and working in Los Angeles who explores relationships and the artistic process revealed through his meditative brushstrokes and warm color palette. He is interested in one’s experience and relationship to nature.The artist’s first major solo exhibition, “One Big Gust of Wind” was held at the New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut in 2013. Since then, Hughes has participated in multiple shows throughout the U.S. and has work in numerous public and private collections.2021-04-0837 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldHelen Armon-Jones - Art AdvisorHelen Armon-Jones studied Art History at Manchester University before pursuing a career in commercial marketing (including managing art sponsorship for Hiscox Insurance, where she worked with The Whitechapel and Serpentine galleries) and went on to develop her knowledge and expertise at Sotheby’s, and in galleries in London and Surrey. She founded her business The Art Buyer, with the aim of banishing blank walls and filling our homes with beautiful art. Her website states: ‘We know that buying art can be daunting for many people and it’s often difficult to even know where to start. We also know...2021-03-2528 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldSacha Halona Baumann - Artist, Curator and Art Business ConsultantSacha Halona Baumann is a woman of many talents. She is an artist, curator and art business consultant where she helps Los Angeles based artists problem solve and achieve their goals. Sacha is the independent publisher, designer and editor of FULL BLEDE, a newspaper which features contemporary art and writing and usually launches in conjunction with an exhibition opening in LA. Since 2019, Sacha has also been working with Bettina Hubby as the studio manager of Hubby Co. Born in Hollywood and after growing up in California, Alaska and Utah, Sacha currently lives and works in downtown LA...2021-03-1131 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldAlayo Akinkugbe - Art Historian Alayo Akinkugbe is currently reading history of art at Cambridge University, having grown up in Lagos, Nigeria. After studying she hopes to become a curator, whilst pushing the globalization of African Art. We met Alayo on Instagram, through her incredible account @ablackhistoryofart – which highlights the overlooked Black artists, sitters, curators and thinkers from art history and the present day. With growing need for reform in terms of diversity in the field of art history, we wanted to hear more from Alayo about her studies of the subject an...2021-03-0427 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldKamila M. Korbela - ConservatorKamila M. Korbela is an award-winning and accredited German Art Conservator with almost 15 years of experience in the field. She has held positions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Balboa Art Conservation Center, the National Gallery of Denmark and the German government to name a few. Kamila is the founder of LA Art Labs, a Los Angeles–based conservation studio devoted to museum-quality conservation and the study of paintings, sculptures and painted objects, with a large focus on contemporary art. 2021-02-2531 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldAlice Lodge - GalleristAlice Lodge is an Australian-born Angeleno who founded The LODGE, a gallery that has been called “East Hollywood’s Art Oasis.” Originally constructed as a shopping mall in 1923, the building, which still includes several artists’ studios, gained attention in the 1960s when the artists Joe Goode and Ed Ruscha rented a couple of the spaces. Alice’s upbringing greatly influenced her love for the arts. She has created a warm and welcoming ambiance; frequently opening her doors to the vibrant Los Angeles community. The gallery presents a unique and fresh program of exhibitions, featuring established and emerging talent. 2021-02-1134 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldFru Tholstrup - Art ConsultantFru Tholstrup is a London-based art consultant with a specialism in the contemporary global art market, advising collectors and international businesses on building museum-quality art collections. Fru is best known for her role launching Sotheby’s flagship London Art Gallery, S|2 in 2013, she also worked closely with the S|2 Brand in New York and Hong Kong helping curate exhibitions. As the inaugural director, Tholstrup guided the gallery to commercial and critical success with an ambitious and diverse programme. Tholstrup also invited senior international figures to become guest curators, including Jeffrey Deitch, Tommy Hillfiger and Vito Schnabel. In 2010 Th...2021-02-0431 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldAubrey Catrone - Provenance Researcher and AppraiserAubrey Catrone is an international art historian, appraiser, and provenance researcher. Aubrey earned an MA in History of Art from University College London, specializing in the documented histories of art objects, and is a USPAP-compliant Associate Member of the Appraisers Association of America. With an art gallery and academic research background, Aubrey founded Proper Provenance LLC to provide her clients with the tools, not only to historically contextualize art, but also to shed light on attribution and legal title within the international art market. Aubrey has researched artworks including paintings, artefacts, works on paper, prints...2021-01-2838 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldMolly Segal - ArtistMolly Segal is an artist and teacher from Oakland, California who lives and works in Los Angeles. Her use of watercolour on a slick, plastic paper highlights her artistic process and results in powerful paintings that provoke a lasting visceral response for the viewer. Segal describes her paintings as works “that explore fragile connections and limited reserves, both environmentally and emotionally. Segal’s work has appeared in exhibitions throughout the US including Charlie James Gallery, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Zevitas Marcus, and Northeastern Gallery 360. Her work has also been in publications including Full Blede, Veni...2021-01-1445 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldJo Baring - Director of the Ingram CollectionJo Baring is a curator, consultant and arts speaker and Director of the Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art, one of the UK’s leading art collections. As a graduate of Oxford and the Courtauld Institute Jo has curated exhibitions at museums and public galleries across the UK. A former Director of Christie’s UK, Jo is regularly requested to interview artists at museums and art fairs. She delivers lectures and takes part in panel discussions on all aspects of the art world. Her particular areas of expertise focus on 20th century & contemporary art, sculpture, arts phil...2020-12-1730 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldSveva D'Antonio - CollectorSveva D’Antonio was born in Naples and graduated in art history and conservation of artistic heritage in 2013. After having carried out various internships at galleries in Naples and Brussels, in 2016 she began working at Laveronica Gallery in Modica, where she is now a director, focusing on socially and politically engaged art. Since 2014 she has dedicated herself, together with her husband Francesco, to the development and promotion of the Taurisano Collection, a private collection of contemporary art based in Naples, started in the 1970s by her father-in-law Paolo Taurisano. The Collezione Taurisano consists of nearly 400 wo...2020-12-1043 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldHeather Christensen Smith - Art Advisor and CuratorHeather Christensen Smith is the founder of Art at Work and a curator creating gallery spaces within corporate settings. She designs dynamic exhibitions and installations to bring business spaces to life and reflect the ethos and energy of the company for employees, clients and visitors.2020-12-0330 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldMarine Tanguy - Art AgencyMarine Tanguy is a French art entrepreneur, speaker and media commentator. In June 2015, Tanguy founded MTArt Agency, the first agency for artists worldwide, in order to provide a better supporting structure for artists outside the traditional gallery model. Marine is a member of the Thousand Network, the Creative Industries Federation, The Association of Women Art Dealers and The Association of Women in the Arts. Marine also serves as a young patron of the V&A Museum and has been appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She has delivered...2020-11-2624 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldStephanie Manasseh - Art Advisor and CuratorStephanie Manasseh is a Canadian entrepreneur in the arts and founder of SM Art Advisory and the Accessible Art Fair. With the fair, Stephanie has brought together top leaders in the industry to select and showcase the best emerging artists in cities around the world including Antwerp, Tel Aviv, and New York. Stephanie has always been passionate about giving a high-end platform to underrepresented artists in upscale environments, a philosophy that extends to her art advisory and curating practices. She is sought after for her knowledge of the art market, having worked on a number of...2020-11-1924 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldChad Attie - ArtistChad Attie is a mixed media artist living and working in Los Angeles who uses collage, photography, painting, sculpture and video to explore subject matters from various perspectives. Attie collects found materials that connect to memory, literature and history before deconstructing these compilations once again, creating a mysterious evolution. The development of a series of work sometimes takes him years to complete and results in a collection of multiple constructed elements.Attie has had solo shows in galleries including The LODGE, Klowden Mann, Frank Pictures; Carl Berg Projects in Los Angeles; and Wooster Projects New York. His...2020-11-1238 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldAlice Minter - CuratorAlice Minter, having spent 10 years as a specialist and then Director at Sothebys, is now Curator of the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. She studied in Paris for a master in History and then History of Art. Meant ‘for everyone’, the Gilbert Collection represents the life-long passion of Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert and was donated to Britain in 1996. Visual richness and intricate detail appealed to the Gilberts, who were dressmakers and fashion entrepreneurs in London during the Second World War. The Gilberts moved to Los Angeles in 1949 where Arthur became a hi...2020-11-0541 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldJessica Burgess - ConservatorJessica Burgess is a textile conservator living and working in London. She has worked in the private conservation sector for many years and is now in the process of opening her own studio, Soteria Conservation. Liza met Jessica during her first day of university at Camberwell College of Art where they both studied Art Conservation. 2020-10-2933 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldValeria Napoleone - CollectorValeria Napoleone is an Italian collector, patron and philanthropist and lives in London with her family. Valeria studied in New York receiving a BA from New York University’s Journalism School and an MA in Art Gallery Administration at the Fashion Institute of Technology.Valeria has established a strong collection that focuses on female contemporary artists working internationally. Forming an exceptionally close bond with artists, she has provided pivotal support to the careers of many of today’s most critically acclaimed artists including Phyllida Barlow and Margarita Manzelli.In June 2015 Valeria launched ‘Valeria Napoleone XX’, a...2020-10-2235 min

Calls with CURA: Stories from the Art WorldJonathan Prince - ArtistJonathan Prince explores his fascination of form and material through the creation of his elegant abstract sculptures. His work investigates the duality of form and chaos, one complementing the other; Nature, science, the human form, and ancient artifacts inspire Prince’s work and his process requires both careful skill and heavy machinery where imperfect jagged breaks often interrupt the highly polished, smooth surfaces.The artist returned to sculpture full time in 2004, after a distinguished and diverse professional career in the arts and sciences. Prince graduated with a doctorate degree from Columbia University, and received a post-doctorate from th...2020-10-0243 min