Herman Steyn, Co-Founder and Director of the Scheryn Art Collection will take part in a Collector Talk as part of Art Basel’s Conversations Programme. The topic of the Conversation will center around How to Buy Art.Ā The talk will be from 5pm – 6pm on Friday 15 June in Hall 1.1 in the Auditorium, 10 Messeplatz, Basel
More specifically the discussion will look to bring together views from both the buyer and the seller on what to look for when buying art: What are some of the common and/or unusual factors in acquiring artworks from emerging, mid-career, established artist and artist estates? When acquiring artworks, what commitments are made, and to whom? How to balance ābuyerās remorseā and impulsive-buys, along with trusting intuition and negotiating codes of ethics will also be discussed[1].
Alexander Forbes, Monique Burger, Herman Steyn and Philippe Charpentier
Other participants in the panel discussion areĀ Philippe Charpentier, the Co-Owner and Director of mor charpentier, Paris;Ā Monique Burger, the Owner of the Burger Collection in Hong Kong and the discussion will be moderated by Alexander Forbes, Executive Editor at Artsy.
[1] Art Basel, 2018. Collector Talk, How to Buy Art, Art Basel, [Online]. Available: https://www.artbasel.com/events/detail/7101/Collector-Talk-How-to-Buy-Art?openTime=3365