Cathy's Art Diary

Engaging online conversation as part of London Art Week between two dealers. Jorge Coll of Colnaghi and Andreas Pampoulides of Lulla Pampoulides, who had previously worked together, discussed their careers as dealers, gave advise to people entering the profession and told fascinating stories from the market place. The event was chaired by Frans Ihm of Hedors Insurance Brokers, however the conversation needed little guidance and it felt like eavesdropping on catch up between friends. They both emphasised the importance of collaboration to galleries and of good contacts and relationships with other dealers as well as the museums and galleries. A diverting hour and I wish I’d poured myself a drink to listen!

Interesting online discussion as part of London Art Week Digital about portraits. The talk was chaired by Matthew Reeves of Sam Fogg London and brought together curators, auctioneers and a gallery owner to talk about their recent experiences of working with portraits. It would have been good if the talk had been more themed but I was introduced to some wonderful pictures which were new to me and I am a sucker for a good portrait. An Van Camp, from the Ashmolean Museum, talked about curating the Young Rembrandt show which was on as the museum closed. She compared three self portraits from 1628/9, a drawing, a painting and an etching to demonstrate the different mediums he worked in, She also talked about a Van Dyck portrait the gallery is hopefully in the process of purchasing and shared research she has been doing in lockdown to identify the sitter, which she thinks may be the wife of a friend of Van Dyck’s father, Olivia Ghosh, of Christies, talked about some works in a recent ...