"Growing Sideways: A Counterintuitive Approach to the Art Market," at Art Basel Miami Beach, December 2022
Moderation:
Tim Schneider
Panelists:
Omayra Alvarado-Jensen, Executive Director, Instituto de Visión, Bogota and New York
Leopol Jose Maria Mones Cazon, Director, Isla Flotante Gallery, Buenos Aires
Anna Raginskaya, Investing with Impact Director, Blue Rider Group at Morgan Stanley, New York
Felix Salmon, Chief Financial Correspondent, Axios, and podcast host, Slate Money, New York
As the prospect of impending recessions brings back to the fore old narratives of expansion and contraction, galleries reconsider the wisdom of growth through more bricks-and-mortar spaces in global art hubs. Are there viable alternatives to the 20th century model of continuous economic growth? Gallerists, economists, and experts discuss meaningful ways of measuring success and maximizing resilience outside the traditional centers and channels of power.