Past Debates
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2009
PAST DEBATE
THE ART MARKET IS LESS ETHICAL THAN THE STOCK MARKET
FOR THE MOTION
MODERATOR
AGAINST THE MOTION
Richard Feigen
Richard Feigen
Richard Feigen
FOR THE MOTION
Richard Feigen
(Yale B.A., 1952; Harvard M.B.A., 1954) is an active collector of early Italian and Baroque paintings, English landscapes, surrealists, Max Beckmann and contemporary art. He founded Richard L. Feigen & Co. art dealers, which had been located in Chicago from 1957 to 1999 and in New York since 1963. He is the author of Tales from the Art Crypt (2000).
Michael Hue-Williams
Michael Hue-Williams
Michael Hue-Williams
FOR THE MOTION
Michael Hue-Williams
is owner and CEO of Albion Gallery. Albion is the only gallery in London to incorporate a major global program that represents leading international artists including those from emerging markets. Dealing in the primary market, their exhibitions provide a world-wide view of social and cultural issues. Their roster features artists from Africa, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China, India, Japan, Luxembourg, Pakistan, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Netherlands, UK and USA.
Adam Lindemann
Adam Lindemann
Adam Lindemann
FOR THE MOTION
Adam Lindemann
is an investor and entrepreneur with a background in industries from energy and communications to real estate and asset management. He has re-launched Ikepod, a Swiss watch design company, in partnership with acclaimed designer Marc Newson. Lindemann is an influential collector of contemporary art and author of Collecting Contemporary, which was published in four languages and dubbed the “most talked about art book” of 2006. He is now finishing his second book entitled Collecting Design, to be released at the Basel art fair in 2009.
John Donvan
John Donvan
John Donvan
MODERATOR
John Donvan
is a correspondent for ABC News Nightline. He has served as ABC White House Correspondent, along with posting in Moscow, London, Jerusalem and Amman.
Amy Cappellazzo
Amy Cappellazzo
Amy Cappellazzo
AGAINST THE MOTION
Amy Cappellazzo
was appointed deputy chairman at Christie's in January of 2008 and has been the international co-head of Post-War and Contemporary Art since 2001. She has played an active role as a main player in the growth of the art market and has been in the top 15 of the ArtReview “100 Most Important People in the Art World.” Known for her business acumen in the art market she is frequently quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Le Monde, the Times of London, the Guardian, BusinessWeek and Barron's. Prior to this she was a writer, curator, teacher and art advisor and was instrumental in setting up the Art Basel Miami Beach fair.
Chuck Close
Chuck Close
Chuck Close
AGAINST THE MOTION
Chuck Close
work has been the subject of more than 150 solo exhibitions including many major museum retrospectives, and he has participated in almost 800 group exhibitions. Close was the recipient of the National Medal of Arts from President Clinton in 2000, the New York State Governor’s Art Award, and the Skowhegan Arts Medal, among many others. He is on the board of several prominent arts organizations, and has received over twenty honorary degrees including one from Yale, his alma mater.
Jerry Saltz
Jerry Saltz
Jerry Saltz
AGAINST THE MOTION
Jerry Saltz
is senior art critic for New York magazine. He is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism. He has lectured at Harvard, The Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and many others. He teaches at Columbia University, The School of Visual Arts, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. From 1998 to 2007 he was senior art critic for the Village Voice.
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PRE-DEBATE VOTE:

FOR: 32% AGAINST: 30% UNDECIDED: 38%

POST-DEBATE VOTE:

FOR: 55% AGAINST: 33% UNDECIDED: 12%

MODERATOR
John Donvan is a correspondent for ABC News Nightline. He has served over a career of more than two decades in the following capacities for ABC News: chief White House correspondent, chief Moscow correspondent, Amman bureau chief, Jerusalem correspondent and correspondent for the ABC News magazine Turning Point. Donvan’s most recent major assignment was covering the war in Iraq as a unilateral reporter, for which the Chicago Sun Times named him one of the ten war stars.

FOR THE MOTION

Richard L. Feigen (Yale B.A., 1952; Harvard M.B.A., 1954) is an active collector of early Italian and Baroque paintings, English landscapes, surrealists, Max Beckmann and contemporary art. He founded Richard L. Feigen & Co. art dealers, which had been located in Chicago from 1957 to 1999 and in New York since 1963. He is the author of Tales from the Art Crypt (2000).

Michael Hue-Williams is owner and CEO of Albion Gallery. Albion is the only gallery in London to incorporate a major global program that represents leading international artists including those from emerging markets. Dealing in the primary market, their exhibitions provide a world-wide view of social and cultural issues. Their roster features artists from Africa, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China, India, Japan, Luxembourg, Pakistan, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Netherlands, UK and USA.

Adam Lindemann is an investor and entrepreneur with a background in industries from energy and communications to real estate and asset management. He has re-launched Ikepod, a Swiss watch design company, in partnership with acclaimed designer Marc Newson. Lindemann is an influential collector of contemporary art and author of Collecting Contemporary, which was published in four languages and dubbed the “most talked about art book” of 2006. He is now finishing his second book entitled Collecting Design, to be released at the Basel art fair in 2009.

AGAINST THE MOTION

Amy Cappellazzo is the Cato Institute’s director of health policy studies. Previously, he served as a domestic policy analyst for the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee, advising Senate leadership on health care. His articles have been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics, and Forum for Health Economics & Policy. Cannon is co-author of Healthy Competition: What’s Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It.

Chuck Close’s work has been the subject of more than 150 solo exhibitions including many major museum retrospectives, and he has participated in almost 800 group exhibitions. Close was the recipient of the National Medal of Arts from President Clinton in 2000, the New York State Governor’s Art Award, and the Skowhegan Arts Medal, among many others. He is on the board of several prominent arts organizations, and has received over twenty honorary degrees including one from Yale, his alma mater.

Jerry Saltz is senior art critic for New York magazine. He is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism. He has lectured at Harvard, The Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and many others. He teaches at Columbia University, The School of Visual Arts, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. From 1998 to 2007 he was senior art critic for the Village Voice.

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