PhD Photography / History / Art -------- founder and principal of Focal Point Appraisals and Consulting
Joined July 2012
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What happens when one of the world’s most famous portraits—Yousuf Karsh’s The Roaring Lion—gets stolen in a brazen hotel heist? The art market takes notice! Prices shift, provenance matters, and media attention fuels demand.🔍📊All in my latest Substack! open.substack.com/pub/eacava…
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🏛️ Major institutions are growing their collections, but smaller galleries face acquisition holds. How will this impact the Canadian art market in 2025? All in my latest (free) Substack! #ArtMarket #CanadianArt #Acquisitions #Philanthropy #ArtTrends open.substack.com/pub/eacava…
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How does a $50 painting sell for $349,250? It’s not luck—it’s authentication. I wrote about two art discoveries that shook up the market. Read it on my Substack - it's free! open.substack.com/pub/eacava…
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What do Basquiat, a banana, and billionaires have in common? Interest rates! Check out my latest Financial Focus Friday post on how interest rates are shaping the art market. open.substack.com/pub/eacava…
#ArtMarket #Appraisal #InterestRates #ArtValuation
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What does it take for a Canadian photo to sell for $3.6M? Rarity, prestige, or a perfect storm of market forces? In my latest Substack, I break down the factors behind Jeff Wall’s record-breaking Dead Troops Talk. Read here 👉open.substack.com/pub/eacava…
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NEW 👉 Artprice's Report on the 2024 Contemporary Art Market is available free of charge #ArtMarket #ContemporaryArt #ArtReport #ArtTrends #ArtData #ArtBusiness #NFT #NFTs $PRC #CryptoArt #DigitalArt #ARTPRICE 👉🎨 artprice.com/artprice-report…
With the looming possibility of a 25% trade tariff, Canadian artists and art market could face new challenges. My thoughts on how these tariffs impact cross-border sales, institutional collecting, and the global momentum of Canadian contemporary art. open.substack.com/pub/eacava…
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🎨💰A new Financial Focus Friday post up on my Substack!
Donating art? Don’t forget the importance of appraisal in keeping the CRA happy.
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📢We invite Chairs to submit session proposals for the 2025 UAAC conference. 📅 Nous vous invitons à soumettre des propositions de séances pour la conférence 2025 de l'AAUC
@YorkuAMPD, York University, Toronto, ON, Oct. 16 - 18, 2025.
🎉I've launched a Substack! If you're curious about the Canadian art and photography market, this is for you. I'll be sharing insights and perspectives—like thoughts on the recent CCPERB decision to delay the export of a Krieghoff painting. open.substack.com/pub/eacava…
Dreaming about how I might buy everything in the Iris Apfel esate. EVERYTHING. onlineonly.christies.com/s/u…
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"Perhaps the strongest argument for the use of reproductions is greater freedom to build art historical narratives unbounded by practical limitations." news.artnet.com/art-world/mi…
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SO VERY CHUFFED to see my essay on the 1857 NW Boundary Commission finally realized and in the company of an amazing volume on survey photography practices across the globe. DM me or get yourself a copy with -20% using FLR40! taylorfrancis.com/books/edit…
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There's great content at food.gsjameson.com on a variety of Canadian #foodlaw topics by @CoraCake and @witmer_julia on toxic substances, single use plastics, front of package labelling, etc. Up next: Bill C-252 or maybe the Smithfield Farms trial.
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My goal is to teach with this much enthusiasm: “LOOK AT THIS PHOTO! 📸 Can you believe it’s a COMPOSITE 😱?!?! And it was made 150 years AGO 💥🎊!!!”
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Hey there, art and environment pals! Is the climate crisis bumming you and your students out? Let's talk about the idea of "hope in crisis" at the next @AaucUaac in October. Deadline to apply is the end of June. More info here: uaac-aauc.com/conference/
It was superb to share, learn, and discuss with @ProfParrish and Kris Belsen-Adams and Karen Barber @Smarthistory in this session on #OER and expanding access. Thanks too to the excellent responses and ideas from the #OAHPedagogyInstitute audience!
Thinking through #OERs and #OpenPedagogy at #OAHPedagogyInstitute this afternoon with Karen Shelby, Kris Belden-Adams and Karen Barber, Sarah Parrish, moderated by Elizabeth Cavaliere.
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It’s going to be a good day! #OAHPedagogyInstitute
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