Heidi Lee Art Advisory

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By Heidi Lee  | April 22, 2009

Every month, Heidi Lee of Heidi Lee Art Advisory, helps us filter and digest the market, news, and collecting trends. This week, Lee trekked up to Sotheby’s to check out Steve Cohen’s private collection viewing.

For twelve days in April the public was given a unique opportunity to view a select group of paintings from the collection of Steve and Alexandra Cohen at Sotheby’s auction house. If you traveled to the Upper East Side of Manhattan and rode the elevator to the 10th floor you would have been stunned by the 20 masterworks…

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By Katy Donoghue | March 24, 2009

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Whitewall launches its Experts Series with art advisor Heidi Lee. Every month, Lee (of Heidi Lee Art Advisory) will help us digest and filter market, news, and collecting trends. But first, let’s get acquainted.

WHITEWALL: In a recent interview with Whitewall at Art Basel/Miami Beach you said you try to connect artists and collectors through Heidi Lee Art Advisory. In what ways do you do that? Do you encourage your clients to be more active participants in the art world?

HEIDI LEE: Whenever there is a curator’s talk, a…

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By Lily Alexander | December 16, 2008

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Owner of Heidi Lee Art Advisory, New York City. Interviewed at the Gansevoort Hotel, Miami Beach

WHITEWALL: Can you tell me a little about your work as an art advisor? What sort of collectors do you advise?

HEIDI LEE: I help people to build and manage their art collections.  I specialize in modern and contemporary art, and I advise both corporate and private collectors.  As an art advisor, my goal is to bridge the gap between the creative and capital. In other words, I try to connect artists and collectors in meaningful…

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In a special wealth and personal finance section, the New York Times offers advice for beginning collectors. The story is more focused on the decorative arts but it applies to any collecting categoy:

Like many new collectors, they were faced with a series of questions: Where to start? How focused should their collection be? Should they shop at one or two major auction houses or include country auctions, too? Should they hire an expert to help them vet the objects — for a fee — or rely solely on their own instincts?

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Curated by HLAA. German painter, Herbert Kloiber is a self-taught artist who finds his inspiration from street and popular culture. His canvases emanate the exuberant energy of his surrounding environments and offer a unique look at urban decay.

Curated by Heidi Lee, On the Brink featured video installations by two critically-acclaimed emerging Turkish artists whose work complement one another both critically and aesthetically. Conceptually driven but executed in a straight forward documentary style, the videos addressed poignant socio-political issues in Turkey.

In conjunction with the Philippe Charriol Foundation, Exposures was HLAA’s debut exhibition. Featuring 25 artists from around the world with artists like Kenny Scharf, Pia Dehne and Nina Levy, the show sought to challenge the traditional genre of portraiture and give it a place in contemporary art.