Interviews

The Baer Faxt Podcast Trailer

The Baer Faxt Podcast Trailer

On our new podcast, The Baer Faxt team unpacks the inner workings of the global art industry through exclusive, candid interviews with artists, collectors, dealers, and other key players in the business as they offer their perspectives on art and the market in the US,...

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Christie’s hosts ADAM sale by Adam Lindemann

Christie’s hosts ADAM sale by Adam Lindemann

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feYzvPA04X4 ADAM, the single-owner auction at Christie’s next Thursday, sets itself apart as one of the first times that a living collector has ever staged a single-owner auction. Josh Baer sat down with Adam Lindemann in his living...

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Felice Rosser in conversation with art advisor Kami Gahiga

Felice Rosser in conversation with art advisor Kami Gahiga

There’s nary a period of cultural history quite like Downtown New York of the late 1970s and early 1980s. It’s been mythologized for good reason—freedom and hedonism were bedfellows of equal parity, and the creative output and expression shaped contemporary culture...

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Gary Simmons “Remembering Tomorrow”

Gary Simmons “Remembering Tomorrow”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8x3GsCoXFA During our trip to Los Angeles for Frieze, The Baer Faxt took a visit to Hauser & Wirth to check out the exhibition Remembering Tomorrow by Gary Simmons, the artist's first show with the gallery. Josh Baer and Simmons...

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The Baer Faxt x Christie’s in conversation with John McEnroe

The Baer Faxt x Christie’s in conversation with John McEnroe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeY2HxN6woM Josh Baer and John McEnroe share stories from their 30-year friendship with moderator Sonya Roth at Christie's Los Angeles during Frieze week 2022. John takes us through his journey as a collector and how Josh has supported...

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Jonathan Christensen Caballero

Jonathan Christensen Caballero

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcBj0K5yAw4 The Baer Faxt sat down with Kansas-based artist Jonathan Christensen Caballero at his his exhibition La Gente/The People at the Belger Crane Yard Studios. He told us the story of his hard-working parents and how they are the...

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Tom Hill at the Hill Art Foundation

Tom Hill at the Hill Art Foundation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ArF7G4_9ZM 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...

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“It’s not fair” | Swizz Beatz on artists’ rights

“It’s not fair” | Swizz Beatz on artists’ rights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohuUtX8HjYQ&t=1s In episode 1 of No Reserve, Swizz Beatz briefly touches on the inequalities across different creative fields when it comes to artists' rights over their work in perpetuity. The artist and recent Harvard Business...

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At Home with Keith Rivers

At Home with Keith Rivers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kVz5UI_tJE In Los Angeles, we tour the home of former NFL player and art collector Keith Rivers and talk about art history for beginners, art collecting 101, the Soul of a Nation exhibition, and favorite artists, including David...

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Rob Storr on Museum Deaccessioning

Rob Storr on Museum Deaccessioning

https://youtu.be/LE_pelWxduQ We continue our museum deaccessioning conversation with Robert Storr, an art critic, artist, former MoMA curator, and former Dean of Yale School of Art. We discuss what reasons merit the deaccessioning of art, art museum director salaries,...

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What is socially-conscious art collecting? with Bob Rennie

What is socially-conscious art collecting? with Bob Rennie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lfv5zlFwks&t=59s Journalist Sarah Thornton discusses the responsibility of socially conscious collecting with Bob Rennie, the founder of the Rennie Museum in Vancouver. In this extended segment, Thornton and Rennie reflect on the...

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Kevin Poon on KAWS, Chinese Art, and the Global Art Market

Kevin Poon on KAWS, Chinese Art, and the Global Art Market

https://youtu.be/8ytbPkaVJwE Josh Baer connects with Kevin Poon, innovative Hong Kong-based entrepreneur, fashion designer and event organizer. In this extended cut of their conversation, Baer and Poon discuss the value of building a diverse art collection, highlight...

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Beeple on his $69M NFT auction record

Beeple on his $69M NFT auction record

This week during Art Basel Miami Beach, Josh Baer of The Baer Faxt sat down with Mike Winkelmann (aka Beeple) in a conversation about the communities surrounding Winkelmann and his work. Diving into the pros and cons of tech in the art market (including NFTs), and the...

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The Fine Art Group

The Fine Art Group

Josh Baer sits down with Philip Hoffman, Founder and CEO of The Fine Art Group, and Anita Heriot, President of The Fine Art Group Americas, to discuss what makes their company unique. What initially started as a fund over twenty years ago has grown to include five...

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