UPCOMING
The Art of Art Investing: Lecture Series
Partner Wolfgang Roth will lead a new lecture series on the art of art investing commencing January
2009. An art
advisor for over thirty years, Roth founded TheArtFund, the only publicly traded art investment fund,
which
demonstrates the value of art as a high-turnover commodity. The fund’s success has established
art as a viable option
despite the instability of the market. Roth will focus on themes on art collecting, the art market and
investing during an
economic recession.
For more information about TheArtFund visit: www.theartfund.li
Date TBA
PAST
St. Moritz ART MASTERS
Partner Reiner Opoku worked last summer on the premiere of The St. Moritz Art Masters – SAM
- (August 29 –
September 7, 2008), a glamorous art and music event in the Engadine-based noble resort, set to become
an annual
institution for connoisseurs from all over the world.
This exclusive art platform that included contemporary art and international classic highlights turned
St. Moritz into 10
days of an art and cultural mecca. Approximately 50 works by international contemporary artists were
presented
within the framework of a “Walk of Art” at very unusual places in and around St. Moritz. In
cooperation with local
galleries and international artists, works by, among others, Joseph Bueys, Franz West, Shilpa Gupta
, Andy Warhol,
David LaChapelle, Eric Fischl, Robert Indiana , and Frank Stella were exhibited.
The program of events also included concerts by the Chamber Orchestra Vienna-Berlin and Mariinsky
Orchestra under
the aegis of Valéry Gergiev. Additionally a series of accompanying talks and presentations, topics
including design,
fashion trends and technology, as well as sustainability, nature and the environment were addressed
and discussed.
The St. Moritz Art Masters was initiated by Monty Shadow, Concept Edge – Time Motion, Dr. Edgar
Quadt/ Axel
Zörkendörfer ARTINVESTOR and Reiner Opoku with Wolfgang Roth & partners Fine Art - expert
in arts.
Members of the SAM Committee include Sam Keller, Dr. Roland Berger, Paulo Coelho, Valéry Gergiev,
Samuel Kung, and
Jürg Marquard.
For more information visit: www.stmoritzartmasters.com
