Today I’m speaking with collector couple Julia Lammer (@julammer) and Nico Epstein (@nicoknowsart_). Together they run arbulu studio, working with art world stakeholders across the spectrum to help them achieve positive and lasting impact. They come from complementary sides of the art world: Julia from museums, strategic planning and philanthropy, and Nico from art advisory, curatorial and education through his platform Collector Connoisseur.

They started collecting individually and have carried on together, navigating rare disagreements with a few guiding principles whilst avoiding boxing themselves into any hard and fast rules.

Julia and Nico bring an incredibly valuable perspective to both aspiring and seasoned collectors. We talk about developing nuanced judgement and guiding principles for collecting over time, but what I love most from our conversation is the very tangible and practical insights they share both through examples from their personal collecting journey and their client work over the last 15 years.

I definitely recommend you check out Collector Connoisseur if you’re ready to start collecting. And with the code CCORNER15 listeners get 15% off until March 4th. That’s CCORNER15 on www.collectorconnoisseur.com

I’ll stop here for now and let you enjoy our conversation!References from the episode:

• Etienne-Jules Marey

• Eadweard J.Muybridge

• George Eastman Museum 

• Leonard Lauder Cubist Collection

• Aipad Fair

• Hokusai

• Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

• Paul Kneale

• Aleksander Hardashnakov

• Zoe Barcza

• Paris Internationale

• Asia Now Paris 

• Kasetsu

• Arco Lisboa

• Tristan Unrau

• Georg Baselitz

• Maria Berrío

• Josh Kline

• Camden Arts Centre

• Gaia Art Foundation

• Black Cultural Archives

• Light Art Space Berlin

• Clearing

• BLUM

• Stephen Friedman

• Herald St Gallery

• Tanya Bonakdar Gallery 

• Carlos/Ishikawa Gallery

• Esther Schipper Gallery

• Peter DOIG

• Katharina Grosse 

• 291 Artist Agency

• Barneby's

• The Salesroom

• Invaluable

• Art Price

• Kees Van Dongen

• Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo

• Marc Prats Quintana

• Oliver Bak

• Florentina Holzinger

• Herb and Dorothy Vogel 

• Budi Tek

• Agnes Gund

Follow the podcast to see the guests' collections at ⁠@collectors_corner_⁠ !