The Collectors’ Series with Glen Bloom

3 Thursdays, October 20, November 3, November 17
Cost: $10/session or $25 for the series

Are you interested in collecting art but don’t know how to begin? Join us this fall for a series of informal, but highly insightful discussions, featuring art collectors, gallery dealers and legal experts, who will share the personal and financial rewards of collecting. Held in tandem with our fall exhibition The Desire to Acquire: London Collects and in the lead up to our fall art auction Blank Canvas, this series of intimate discussions will feature:

Glen Bloom: Acting Chairperson for the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board
October 20
An active art collector, Glen Bloom practices intellectual property law and litigation with a particular focus upon copyright and trademark matters. He was Editor in Chief of the Canadian Patent Reporter (1999-2008) and a past president of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. Bloom was an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Common Law of the University Ottawa where he established the faculty’s courses on Intellectual Property Protection of Computer Technology and Copyright Law. 

Sandra May: Art Collector
November 3
Sandra May is an entrepreneur and active art collector with a particular interest in post-World War II artwork. It was the splash of colours that drew May and her husband Rob to their first big purchase: a painting by acclaimed Canadian abstractionist Jack Bush. May will speak about becoming familiar with artists and their work, how collectors often learn more about themselves in the process, and how hunting for the right piece can be as exciting as the acquisition itself. 

Michael Gibson: President and Director of the Michael Gibson Gallery
November 17
Art dealer and gallerist Michael Gibson opened his first gallery in London Ontario in 1984, and over the past decade has represented artists at more than 25 international art fairs. Gibson is a member, and Past President of the Art Dealers Association of Canada where he served on the Board of Directors for nine years.