Keep an open mind, but watch the wallet

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.