W. Bruce C. Bailey is a Canadian investment banker, lawyer, farmer, art collector and arts patron. Bailey has collected Canadian and international contemporary art in all media and genres for the past 30 years. He founded the first arts incubator in Canada (2000—2010) dedicated to launching Canadian art careers as well as initiating the first Canadian exhibitions for international artists Jake and Dinos Chapman, Peter Doig and Tony Matelli.
With an introduction by Mary-Dailey Desmarais, Curator of International Modern Art at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal/ The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, this talk will provide insight into art collecting for both the novice and the experienced art collector illustrated with Bailey’s personal experiences in the art world. Following the lecture, Desmarais and Bailey will engage in conversation about their mutual experiences in collecting contemporary art. The lecture will be followed by a reception co-hosted by Desmarais and Bailey at The Power Plant.
Mary-Dailey Desmarais is a curator, art historian and collector. She received her PhD from Yale in 2015 and now works as a guest curator at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
More information: http://bit.ly/1JaCJj5
Admission: FREE
Space is limited. Email info@thepowerplant.org or call 416.973.4949 to reserve tickets.
Please note that if the event is fully booked, reserved tickets that are not picked up by 1:55 PM will be released.
Lecture will be followed by a reception with a cash bar at The Power Plant 2:30-4 PM.
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