Ariel Meyerowitz — Navigating the Art World (EP. 292)

I really firmly believe that there have to be spaces that are empty. Because if you have art everywhere, your brain never shuts off. And so I look at blank walls almost like a comma in a sentence. You need a place for your eyes to rest, because particularly now in the world that we live in, There's so much stimulation to be able to have a place for just your eyes to rest for a moment actually enables you to see the art that you have hanging even more fully.

Hello everyone, it's Jim O'Shaughnessy with yet another Infinite Loops. Today's guest is Ariel Meyerwitz, an art advisor here in Metropolitan New York. who works with private clients and companies in their attempt to acquire and develop a beautiful contemporary art collection. Well thank you so much for coming on to tell us all about the world of art, of collecting, of how to tell what's good and what isn't. Full disclosure, Ariel is also our art consultant who has been very, very helpful.

We've been looking and buying art for more than 25 years, and yet it's really helpful, one of the things we've found, it's really helpful to have a professional to either say, oh no, Jim, you honestly do not want to buy that, but also just for the learning. function. So I thought what would be fun today, Ariel, is for much of our audience, super highly educated. A lot of people are founders and or part of the tech community as well as other creative endeavors. And I've been getting a lot of texts and whatnot from those who who know that I collect art and they're kind of like

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