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Collect Art, in Community

A collaborative approach to supporting artists.

 
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Commissioner is a community that brings together locals and some of the most gifted contemporary artists in our cities.

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Artists reimagine our cities. We create more ways to support them.

The art world needs a collaborative approach to collecting art. Through membership, we commission artists, visit artist studios and collector homes, and connect with each other to build a more accessible, artist-invested community. 

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Supporting Artists in Community

Your membership helps us commission four artists at pivotal stages in their careers per year. Every quarter we announce the artist commissioned to create new original and limited-edition artwork special for our Collector members. The future of collecting art is collaborative and community-led.

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Negotiating Production and Labor with David Correa
Negotiating Production and Labor with David Correa

Embodying rebellion through non-functionality, what happens when we reject our assigned roles? Follow the making of The Life and Death of Bluegill Prime and learn more about the practice of commissioned artist David Correa in this short video portrait, made with care by Juan Luis Matos.

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Searching for Collective Memory
Searching for Collective Memory

What narratives are shaping our historical record? Whose experiences, perspectives, and voices influence our cultural consciousness? On May 21, Commissioner, in community with Pioneer Winter Collective and Maven Leadership Collective, presented Searching for Collective Memory—an embodied program inspired by Sir Issac Julien's two-channel installation, Vagabondia (2000), during Third Thursdays at The Bass Museum of Art.

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Michele Oka Doner at Home in New York
Michele Oka Doner at Home in New York

Earlier in May during New York art fair week, our community gathered at the home studio of Michele Oka Doner and husband Fred Doner. In her wisdom, the Season Five commissioned artist reminded us that the sublime of the natural world is all around us—if only we care and slow down enough to take notice.

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The Life and Death of Bluegill Prime by David Correa
The Life and Death of Bluegill Prime by David Correa

On May 8, we gathered at YoungArts for the artwork unveiling of commissioned artist David Correa. The evening began in the Frank Gehry-designed gallery, where artists-in-residence Catherine Camargo of QUEUE Gallery welcomed our extended community. After on the plaza, Correa’s work, The Life and Death of Bluegill Prime, unfolded as a durational play. Read the reflection by Lance Minto-Strouse and see the photography.

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