Gallerist, Susanne Albrecht, Galerie Albrecht (Berlin, Germany)

During our conversation in her Berlin gallery, we covered:

The first art market in Cologne, Germany
(Art in a market)

Artsy

The intention of art

The buying of art is like dating

You want to meet a piece of art before buying it, like dating

The prestige of buying art

Money is a vampire

The importance of art fairs

Consistency in an artists career

the difficult idea of following trends

the desire to be a trend setter rather than a trend follower

The fact that art expresses much the same thing throughout history, the difference is what technology is used to express the concept.

Being humble

Is there a need to buy more art?

That the majority of the art market is based on investment rather than love for the artwork.

Exclusivity sells artwork (exclusive clients, exclusive galleries and exclusive artists)

Anti-establishment artists becoming the establishment

Something subtle is not seen in the contemporary art market

The importance of the ‘story of’ the artwork