by Mala Yamey
rett Gorvy © Farzad Owrang, photograph courtesy of Lévy Gorvy
Starting as an art journalist, how did you get involved with the art market, and how do you carry forward that experience to your role now as dealer and gallery founder?
Brett Gorvy. I went to interview Hugues Joffre, who at that stage was head of Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s, about the drop in the contemporary art market in the early 90s and he offered me a job. I had earlier on actually applied for an auction house job and I’d been turned down. It was ironic that a couple of years later I was being offered a job to be head of the department. I had no experience, other than my parents are collectors, so it was part of what I was accustomed to but I had no pricing or trading experience. Read more
Brett Gorvy. I went to interview Hugues Joffre, who at that stage was head of Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s, about the drop in the contemporary art market in the early 90s and he offered me a job. I had earlier on actually applied for an auction house job and I’d been turned down. It was ironic that a couple of years later I was being offered a job to be head of the department. I had no experience, other than my parents are collectors, so it was part of what I was accustomed to but I had no pricing or trading experience. Read more
