The Des Moines Art Center

The Baer Faxt went on the road this summer to discover great art in unexpected places. In this clip, we sit down with Jeff Fleming, the director of the Des Moines Art Center in Iowa, to talk about quality over quantity when it comes to building a collection.

Tom Hill at the Hill Art Foundation

In Episode 5 we visited The Hill Art Foundation for a one-on-one interview with Tom Hill. We discussed his journey as a collector and the role the foundation plays in the community. While he does not consider himself a market maker, he has historically had a great eye for art, which has helped build his impressive collection. Tom was recently named the new chairman of the board at the Guggenheim.

Art, Politics & Hunter Biden’s $500,000 paintings

The Baer Faxt correspondent-at-large Kelly Cannon sits down with veteran political reporters and co-founders of Punchbowl News, Anna Palmer & Jake Sherman, to explore the intersection of art and politics from Washington, D.C. Josh Baer joins in on the action to give his take on Hunter Biden’s upcoming art shows, the prices the President’s son is demanding, and the ethics arrangement the White House helped craft with the gallery hosting the artist’s debut which is set to take place at private invite-only events in New York and Los Angeles. Art Expert Josh Baer jumps into the mix with his professional art market view that the works would ordinarily command prices between $5,000-$10,000 were the president’s son an emerging artist making his debut. Josh’s take on Biden’s primary market prices being set at $500,000: “Can we short those artworks?” Hunter Biden is scheduled to debut the works at an invite-only private event held on Friday, October 1 in Los Angeles.

Bob Rubin & Vito Schnabel at The Bridge

This summer, Josh Baer and The No Reserve team hit the road to experience great art in unexpected places. For our first location, we headed out east to the Hamptons where we stopped by The Bridge in Bridgehampton.