Our Collections Need Our Attention - Lessons Learned

ArtLetter 4 15 09 by Paul Klein

"I've learned a lot that's relevant to collectors and artists since opening the Chicago office of the Briddge Group, who some of you probably know as the country's leading Art Succession Planners, while working closely with its founder, Michael Mendelsohn."

Read Art Letter (4/15/09) by Paul Klein

Paul Klein advises Art Collectors

Your Art, Antiques and Collectibles After the Financial Fall
The Problem

You may very well be reeling from the effects of the financial turmoil the world is experiencing. As a collector with "silent" assets of art, antiques and/or collectibles (such as wine, coins, gems, cars, etc.) now is a opportune moment to consider maximizing the present and future course of your heartfelt collection.

Quite likely you have not focused on your art assets with your legal and financial advisors for myriad reasons; the primary being that when you began a serious dialog with your advisory team the planning process overlooked your highly valuable collection. These assets were probably lumped in the category of "other," at a great loss to you. This non-planning, or mistake planning, eliminated the opportunity for you to maximize these assets of passion.

Read article at The Huffington Post

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Art is a Versatile Tool; Use Your Collection to Your Advantage

An Article in Huffington Post about how artists, collectors and institutions can better ‘use’ art to their advantage by Paul Klein

Thursday, December 18, 6 - 7:30 pm
Artists at Work Forum: How to Turn Your Art Into a Career
A panel discussion tomorrow evening at Chicago’s Cultural Center. Paul Klein will be sitting in with Dawoud Bey, Juan Angel Chavez, Tony Fitzpatrick, and Joyce Owens discussing How to Turn Your Art into a Career, talking about “what they do to have their art take care of them”. The forum is open to the public, and admission is free.

Moderator Paul Klein is a curator, art journalist, activist and former gallerist who has long been an art advocate and proponent for art in Chicago.

First Floor Garland Room
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington Street
Chicago, IL

Prospect 1 in New Orleans

Paul Klein, an art advocate and proponent for art in Chicago and a leading Chicago art gallery owner for over 20 years taalks about visiting the biggest biennial ever hosted in the United States, Prospect 1 Read Art Lifts New Orleans, Here

Sympathy for the Devil at MCA Chicago

Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967
September 29, 2007 - January 6, 2008

Read Paul Klein's commentary in Art Letter on Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art's new show Sympathy for the Devil (named for a Rolling Stones’ song. This exhibition is curated by MCA Curator Dominic Molon.