We’re living during a complicated time—a global pandemic, recession, rise of natural disasters, civic unrest.
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It is more important now than ever to have your art collection in order. Collectors and art advisors are flocking to online art collection management tools as they try to control what they can control.
Elysian Koglmeier has seen the best and the worst of collection management. Along with basic collection management best practices, she’ll share cautionary tales. She’ll help you avoid risks like theft, conflicts like infighting, and the sad story of your collecting legacy landing in a garage sale.
This webinar will give you the tools and information needed to protect and preserve your art collection.
Participants will learn:
- How to digitize your collection
- What information is worth saving
- Ways to streamline insurance, accounting & estate planning
- Collaborative strategies for working with your art advisors and other art professionals
- Collection management best practices and common pitfalls to avoid
Elysian invited all members to submit relevant questions in advance. All submissions were much appreciated, but due to time constraints, only a handful will be addressed here in detail.
Additional Resources:
- The Essential Guide to Collecting Art eGuide: https://www.artworkarchive.com/guides/essential-guide-to-collecting-art
Related Articles:
- https://www.artworkarchive.com/blog/planning-for-the-future-of-your-art-collection
- https://www.artworkarchive.com/blog/dividing-art-divorce-estate-planning
- https://www.artworkarchive.com/blog/protect-your-art-investment-during-crisis
- https://www.artworkarchive.com/blog/protecting-your-art-collection-when-a-natural-disaster-strikes
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Elysian McNiff Koglmeier
Elysian McNiff Koglmeier is Head of Growth for Artwork Archive, an online art inventory management system for artists, collectors and organizations. Elysian works with individual collectors, art advisors, galleries and collecting institutions to organize and manage their artworks. You can find her collector-focused educational content at http://www.artworkarchive.com/blog/collectors.
Growing up with a father as an art therapist and a mother who dedicated her career to art education, Elysian has always been passionate about the creative process. She has pursued this passion both in the public and private sector. She started her career in museums (Middlebury College Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), ran New England Foundation for the Arts’ public art program, served as curator for Brown University and RISD, and contributed to publications such as Art Business News and Public Art Review.
She received her BA in History from Middlebury College and her MA in Public Humanities from Brown University.
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Hi and thanks for this! I am not a collector, per se, but I have about 5 pieces that hold emotional value for me and I see collecting as a life-long journey… so I will eventually make it to the status of a “collector” 😉 So far, my pieces are all by emerging artists, two of which are friends and one is my uncle. Do you recommend I start considering a collection management plan? Or wait until I build more value? Thanks again!