Delphine Diallo s Highness Blue will be included in The Stand s first auction this month Courtesy of the artist and MTArt Agency
Picking holes in the charity auction model is, frankly, taboo. And, for artists, refusing to donate works to such philanthropic efforts is considered churlish at best, mean-spirited at worst no matter how many times they have been asked nor the state of their own finances.
So Robin Woodhead, the former chief executive and chairman of Sotheby’s International, and Beth Greenacre, curator at The AllBright private members club and former curator of the David Bowie Collection, have come up with an alternative model that they consider more sustainable and mutually beneficial.
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Call My Agent charting the lives of Parisian talent agents and the high-maintenance actors they look after (catering to their every whim) has become a cult Netflix hit.
Now, talent agencies are becoming increasingly common in the art world, with some visual artists choosing to depart traditional galleries in favour of working with agencies whose focus is more on building partnerships with brands and institutions (alongside selling their work of course).
While some of the larger movie and music agencies, such as the Los Angeles-based WME (part of Frieze parent company, Endeavor) and Creative Artists Agency (CAA), only occasionally focus on the visual arts, others like UTA (United Talent Agency) has a whole division devoted to it.