Art Commissioners is a consultancy to the world of the arts. It advises corporate clients, public institutions and collectors, curates exhibitions and creates art publications, films and events internationally.
From its European base, the consultancy embraces a global network that includes artists, museum curators, directors of Art Fairs, events and private galleries. Art Commissioners has been responsible for commissioning site-specific works in Europe and North America by leading contemporary artists such as Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Anish Kapoor and Cai Guo-Qiang among others.
From the beginning, Art Commissioners has been devoted to the world of contemporary art, photography, design and architecture. In collaboration with its sister company, Ivorypress, it has curated major exhibitions such as the 10th Venice Architecture Biennale of 2006 and has acted as consultant in the “Blood on Paper” exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (UK) in 2008, which explored the concept of artists’ books from the early twentieth century to the present. Art Commissioners has produce short Films and, “How Much Does your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?” is the first long feature. This film is the first in a series that the company will do in collaboration with key figures of the twenty-first century.