The Wise Fool Art Podcast

The Wise Fool Art Podcast


Corporate Curator at the General Mills Art Collection, Lisa Melander (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)

April 22, 2021

We discuss:
- how she got a job as a corporate curator
- how corporate collections find art and artists
- their art collection is for the enjoyment of the employees not as investments
- their effort to continually keep the collection contemporary
- the relationship of art and architecture
- art conservation in corporate collections
- their mission as a corporate art collection
- buying art with frames or without frames
- the importance of a thank you note
- the need for more diversity in art collections

 

People + Places mentioned:
Weinstein Hammons Gallery - https://www.weinsteinhammons.com
Target Corporation Art collection - https://paulbastyr.com/target-art-collection-book
Art Basel - https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach
Expo Chicago - https://www.expochicago.com
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill - https://www.som.com
Paulson Fontaine Press - https://paulsonfontainepress.com
Highpoint Center for Printmaking - https://www.highpointprintmaking.org
Artserve - https://artserve.co
Charles Biederman - https://www.msfineart.com/artists/charles-biederman/
Kerry James Marshall - https://jackshainman.com/artists/kerry_james_marshall
Abelardo Morell - https://www.abelardomorell.net
James Rosenquist - https://www.jamesrosenquiststudio.com
Doug and Mike Starn - http://www.dmstarn.com
Robert Longo - https://www.robertlongo.com/series/meninthecity/

 

3 contemporary artist they recently added to the collection:
Dyani White Hawk - https://www.dyaniwhitehawk.com
Erin O'Keefe - https://www.erinokeefe.com
Carla Jay Harris - https://www.carlajayharris.com

 

 
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