"Living without art is like living without love."
As a result of her many years in the art world working in both galleries and museums, Lisa has a deep understanding of the market and how it functions, enabling her to get her clients the best art for their resources. Lisa believes that art adds a dimension to life and is committed to working with each of her clients on every aspect of art collecting whether they are interested in finding one special work or building a cohesive collection. Through individualized, private sessions, guided art tours and collaboration, Lisa is instrumental in guiding clients toward the art they are truly looking for, and handles every aspect of the acquisition of a work of art from discovery, vetting, negotiation to art transport, installation, lighting, insurance and collection management.
Lisa’s areas of expertise are 20th century art, postwar and contemporary art, fashion photography, vintage photography and surrealism. Her art advisory focus is on building a collection of valuable fine art. Other services include private, curated tours of galleries, museums, auction previews, and art fairs; installation design and direction; auction representaion including private treaty sales; research and vetting of secondary market works; and market and insurance valuations.
Lisa Jacobs is a curator, art consultant, author and speaker with over twenty years of experience working with impressionist, modern, surrealist, post-war and contemporary art. She works with corporations, galleries and individuals on art acquisitions, collection management and exhibition planning.
Lisa has written, edited and contributed to numerous books and publications on contemporary and modern art. Most recently Lisa was honored to collaborate with the Guggenheim museum on the book of the Hannelore B. and Rudiolph B. Schulhof Collection of which she serves as curator. She has also spoken extensively about contemporary art at museums, galleries and corporate and private events.
Prior to founding Lisa Jacobs Fine Art in 1995, Lisa held positions at Christine Burgin Gallery, Peter Blum, and led curatorial projects at Nicholas Davies Gallery, Devon Golden Fine Art. The Equitable Gallery, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali and has served as curator for several important private collections. Lisa’s academic training includes Bachelor of Arts degrees in art history from Smith College and La Sorbonne, Ecole des Beaux Arts and a certificate in filmmaking from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Known for her expertise and sophisticated eye as well as for her affinity for mixing art of different styles and periods, Lisa’s trademark attention to detail, adventurous taste in art and historical reference points are hallmarks of her distinctive style.
Lisa’s goal is to develop close relationships with her clients and to successfully guide them in building intelligent, respectable and remarkable collections. Lisa is as passionate about the education of her clients as she is about accessing the best works for their collections.
This celebration of the outstanding collection of postwar and contemporary European and American art assembled over the course of five decades by two visionary collectors, Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof was created on the occasion of a future gift of art to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.
In her role as Curator of the Hannelore B. and Rudoplh Schulhof Collection, Lisa Jacobs was honored to work with the Guggenheim museum on the creation and publication of this book. Among her contributions are a compilation of recollections by Hannelore Schulhof about her collection and her life with art, along with a written history of the formation of this extraordinary collection. The book can be purchased at the Guggenheim Musuem bookstores in New York and Venice and www.guggenheimstore.org
Lisa Jacobs, Ingrid Schaffner Julien Levy: Portrait of an Art Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: The MIT Press, 1998. Published in conjunction with the exhibition, “Julien Levy” Portrait of an Art Gallery” at The Equitable Gallery, New York City, August 13 – October 31, 1998.Julien Levy (1906-1981) was one of the most influential art dealers of the twentieth century. The Julien Levy Gallery, which opened in Manhattan in 1931 and closed in 1949, played and essential role in the shift of the cultural avant-garde from Paris to New York. Among the artists Levy championed are Henri Cartier-Bresson, Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Walker Evans, Frida Kahlo, Fernand Leger, Rene Magritte, and Dorothea Tanning. Lisa Jacobs compiled and edited this vivid collection of essays, reminiscences and cultural commentary on the gallerist and his legacy.
June Freiss Hersh, Recipes Remembered: A Celebration of Survival, New York: Ruder Finn Press in association with the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 2011.This collection of remarkable stories and authentic recipes of Holocaust survivors takes the reader on a heartfelt journey from one of the most tragic and harrowing times in history to the possibilities of faith, luck, and perseverance. In this thoughtfully organized anthology, culinary world luminaries from Daniel Boulud, Mark Bittman, Ina Garten, Sara Moulton and Arthur Schwartz along with numerous other fixtures of Jewish life and history share recipes, culture and memories.
Lisa Jacobs, the daughter of a survivor, is very proud to have contributed to this collection. Here, she has shared the incredible story of her wonderful Dad, Aunt Rose, and Baba along with one of Baba’s delicious recipes. This book is truly a treasure and can be purchased from Amazon.com as well as the Pickman Museum Shop at the Museum of of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.
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