On Creating a Collection – The Direction of the Art Market

Collector Takeo Obayashi, who has been observing the art scene both locally and further afield for many years from his base in Japan, in conversation with Mark Rappolt, who plans exhibitions around the world while also involving himself in media with a bird’s eye view of the art market/world. At this opening talk, they will discuss the current state and the future of the art scene from their two unique perspectives.

Speakers:
Takeo Obayashi (Chairman, Representative Director of the Obayashi Corporation)
Mark Rappolt (Editor-in-Chief, ArtReview and ArtReview Asia)

Speaker’s Profiles

Takeo Obayashi
Takeo Obayashi (b. 1954, Tokyo, Japan) joined Obayashi Corp after he graduated Keio University and completed his MS at Stanford University. From 1983 to 2009 he served as the Director of Obayashi Corporation, and is currently the Chairman of Obayashi Corporation and the Co-Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Keidanren (Japan Business Federation). In Japan, he is the Chairperson of the Aichi Triennale Organizing Committee, Board Member of Mori Art Museum, Council Member of Hara Museum ARC, and more. Overseas, he is an International Council Member of both the Tate and MoMA, making substantial contributions to the worlds of business and art.

Mark Rappolt
Mark Rappolt is the Editor-in-Chief of ArtReview since 2006 and founded its sister publication, ArtReview Asia, in 2013. His writing has appeared in a number of publications, ranging from The Times and Die Zeit to i-D and Citizen K, and includes exhibition catalogues on artists such as David Cronenberg, Bharti Kher, and Yuko Mohri.
Books include monographs on architects Greg Lynn and Frank Gehry. Between 2016 and 2018, with Aimee Lin, he curated Xiàn Chang, a special section of the West Bund Art & Design fair in Shanghai.
Recent exhibitions include a two-part exhibition Like a Moth to a Flame (cocurated with Tom Eccles and Liam Gillick, the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and the OGR, Turin, 2017); the touring show Breaking the Waves (the chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai and the K11 MUSEA, Hong Kong, 2021); and One Tiger or Another (cocurated with Tom Eccles, Mathaf, Doha, 2022).