APAA has elected Wendy Cromwell (Principal, Cromwell Art, New York) President.  Newly-elected fellow officers include Vice – President, Elizabeth Szancer Kujawski (ESKart LLC, New York), Secretary, Lisa Austin (President, Lisa Austin & Associates, Miami), and Treasurer, Megan Fox Kelly (Megan Fox Kelly Art Advisory, New York).  New APAA Board members include Todd Levin (Levin Art Group, New York, Jennifer A. Duncan (Director, Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, Washington, DC), Kay Childs (Topol Childs Art Advisory, New York) and Ana Sokoloff (sokoloff + associates, New York).   They join the current board: Robin Anthony (Curator, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto);  Jean Efron (Efron Associates, Washington, DC); Suzanne Gyorgy (Director, Citi Private Bank Art Advisory, New York); and Lowell Pettit (Pettit Art Partners, New York).  A salute to Michelle Isenberg (Isenberg & Associates, Los Angeles) who completed a four-year term as president.

APAA’s Annual Meeting, hosted by Bank of America, will take place on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in conjunction with the Frieze NY and NADA fairs.  Our annual update on issues in the art advisory field,the election of new officers, a collection tour, and a presentation by Paddle 8 about their new benefit auction model will take place in New York City.  For more information, email info@artadvisors.org.

Join us on Friday, December 7, 2012 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am for an Industry Breakfast discussing Hurricane Preparedness with special guest speakers Barbara Chamberlain and Bob Terry of AIG, sponsored by Fortress Miami and APAA. For more information and to RSVP, please email kmaier@artadvisors.org. Space is limited.

APAA member and New York Art Advisor Todd Levin, of Levin Art Group, held a fascinating, in-depth conversation with Los Angeles-based artist Sterling Ruby on the /Dialogues stage at EXPO Chicago on Friday, September 21.

On Saturday, May 5, APAA presented Chasing the New in partnership with NADA. The panel was moderated by Gallery NY editor Sarah Douglas and featured collectors Zoe and Joel Dictrow, gallerist Nicelle Beauchene, curator Bridget Finn and art advisor Wendy Cromwell. Hosted by Zach Feuer Gallery.

On Thursday, April 14, 2011, APAA presented Emerging Markets/Emerging Artists: New Collecting Opportunities, moderated by Art in America editor-in-chief Lindsay Pollock.   See the video http://www.artadvisors.org/news/

On Thursday, April 14, 2011, from 6 pm to 8 pm, APAA will present Emerging Markets/Emerging Artists: New Collecting Opportunities, moderated by Lindsay Pollock with speakers Haro Cumbusyan, Founder/CollectorSpace, Istanbul; Henry Howard-Sneyd, Vice Chairman, Asian Art, Sotheby’s; Sandhini Poddar, Assisant Curator, Asian Art and Member, Curatorial Working Group, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi; and Ana Sokoloff, Founding Partner, Sokoloff + Associates, LLC and member, APAA.   For more information and to RSVP, please call 718-788-1425 or email info@artadvisors.org.

On October 4 ,2010, APAA hosted Nine Lives: What’s Next for the Art Market, sponsored by Huntington T. Block, at Matthew Marks Gallery with panelists Michele Quinn, Todd Levin and James Cohan, and moderator Lindsay Pollock.