4 The Art Business Conference • London • 2018

IN 2018, THERE ARE TWO MAIN NETWORKING SPACES UPSTAIRS – the Media Lounge and the Business Pavilion, where breakfast and lunch networking, refreshment breaks and evening drinks will take place.

In our Media Lounge you can meet our publishers and have your profile headshot taken at our pop-up studio presented by Splento. In the Business Pavilion, you can visit a VR Exhibition of Richard Prince's work courtesy of Sadie Coles and presented by Synergy Associates.

Our lunchtime discussion tables are located downstairs in the Harvey Goodwin suite indicated in the floor plan.

DISABLEDENTRANCEGREAT SMITH ST.

DELEGATEREGISTRATIONDEAN’S YARDENTRANCE

ASSEMBLY HALL

BUSINESSPAVILION MEDIA LOUNGE

DISCUSSION TABLES

FLOOR PLAN

Synergy (VR exhibition)

Hatteland

Vastari

Willis Towers Watson

Borro Private Finance

Apollo

Sotheby's Institute of Art/ Lund Humphries

Splento pop-up studio

EXHIBITORS

The Art Business Conference • London • 2018 5

EXHIBITORS

Founded in 1925 and published monthly, Apollo is one of the world’s oldest and most respected magazines on the visual arts, covering everything from antiquities to contemporary work.

apollo-magazine.com

Borro Private Finance provides discreet loans secured against Fine Art facilitated by in-house valuation expertise, giving individuals powerful, non-bank financing options for immediate access to capital. Borro Fine Art Finance equips high-net-worth borrowers with unique credit solutions to seize time-sensitive opportunities or navigate unexpected events, while giving each client and asset the attentive service they deserve. Established in 2008, Borro is the leading luxury lending solution for clients throughout the UK and US, specialising in Fine Art, Jewellery & Watches and Classic Cars, with total funding in excess of £305 million.

borro.com

Hatteland delivers innovations that make your business more efficient, reliable and secure. RamBase for Auction is a complete, cloud-based business system for auction houses. The software takes care of and automates all processes, from finance and logistics to customer management and podium/online bidding. In addition, a layer of APIs makes integration with your existing website easy, allowing you to deliver sophisticated and secure services to your customers and consignors. The solution has been delivered to the Norwegian auction market since 2009, and we are now expanding our business to the UK via our partner, Synergy Associates Ltd.

hatteland.com

Meet our exhibitors

PRIVATE FINANCE

TM

6 The Art Business Conference • London • 2018

EXHIBITORS

Lund Humphries is a long-established publisher of high-quality illustrated books on the Visual Arts. Our list encompasses illustrated monographs, surveys, catalogues raisonnés, professional handbooks and museum co-publications, and our books are aimed at specialists and professionals working across the fi elds of Art, Architecture and Design.

Our growing programme of books on Art Business and its Markets includes an authoritative series of Handbooks in International Art Business co-published with Sotheby’s Institute of Art, and bestselling texts on the contemporary art market.

Please come by our stand to say hello, browse our books and talk to us about any new book ideas and proposals!

lundhumphries.com

BOOK SIGNING

Dr Iain Robertson, Head of Art Business Studies at Sotheby's Institute of Art, London, will be signing copies of his new book New Art New Markets during the drinks reception at 5.30pm.

Since 1969, Sotheby's Institute of Art has pioneered the education of art and business. With sites in London, New York and Los Angeles, Sotheby’s Institute of Art puts you at the centre of the international art world. It is now accepting applications for Master’s degree programs — Art Business, Contemporary Art, Fine and Decorative Art and Design, and Modern and Contemporary Asian Art. For connoisseurs, art world professionals and lifelong learners, there are online courses, semester-long programs, and summer classes that cover a myriad of art business and art history topics.

sothebysinstitute.com

Synergy Associates is an international fi rm specializing in IT for commercial art galleries and dealers. With offi ces in London, New York and Hong Kong, the company manages day-to-day IT operations for galleries around the world. Synergy aims to ensure that IT not only works well, but also responds to aesthetic principles and keeps pace with a rapidly evolving industry. Its services include consultancy, gallery fi t-outs, data security and innovative technologies such as VR.

synergyassociates.com/industries/art-galleries

SynergyAssociatesW O R K I N G T O G E T H E R

8 The Art Business Conference • London • 2018

EXHIBITORS

VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCEAt the Art Business Conference, Synergy Associates, in partnership with Alter Equals, will present a VR recreation of an exhibition by Richard Prince, ‘FREE LOVE’, at Sadie Coles HQ, London, which took place from April to June 2016 – reproduced by kind permission of the gallery and the artist. This is a revolutionary virtual reality experience for galleries and museums which employs world-class VR technology to create a high-definition simulation of an exhibition.

Vastari helps owners promote their collection to the world's largest community of curators and museums, allowing for the organisation of more meaningful exhibitions. They have become the most-visited resource for temporary exhibitions worldwide by building industry-leading technology, and the Vastari Global Report. The Vastari Global Report is the museum industry's most comprehensive dataset on exhibitions, containing in-depth information about 500+ museums from 50 countries.

vastari.com

Willis Towers Watson is a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth. With roots dating to 1828, Willis Towers Watson has over 40,000 employees serving more than 140 countries. We design and deliver solutions that manage risk, optimize benefits, cultivate talent, and expand the power of capital to protect and strengthen institutions and individuals. Our unique perspective allows us to see the critical intersections between talent, assets and ideas — the dynamic formula that drives business performance. The Willis Towers Watson Fine Art specialists are recognised as world-leading insurance brokers and risk advisers, with a global team delivering superior service, expert technical advice and innovative solutions to all sectors of the Fine Art industry. Together, we unlock potential.

willistowerswatson.com