Keep an open mind, but watch the wallet

Published Sun, Mar 4, 2018 · 09:50 PM

    New York

    BEFORE Bernard Lumpkin was an art collector, he went to art fairs for the same reasons that someone might go to any exposition: to explore a new world. His first fair was in 2008 at the Armory Show in New York, where he made his first offer on a piece of art.

    Since then, after years of collecting, his approach to art fairs has evolved. He may still buy something, but that is not his primary motivation for going.