Alice Sachs Zimet

Alice Sachs Zimet is President of Arts + Business Partners, a consulting boutique specializing in the fine art photography marketplace, which she founded in 1999. 

As a collector, advisor, and educator, Zimet began to collect fine art photography in 1985. She has amassed a museum-quality collection of over 350+ images by 141 different photographers from 20th Century prominent artists to the present. Zimet is Chair, Photography Curatorial Committee, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge; Chair, Collections Committee, International Center of Photography (ICP), New York; Board Member, Magnum Foundation, New York; Advisory Board Member: Center of Photography at Woodstock (CPW), Kingston, and American Photography Archives Group (APAG), New York. She is on Faculty at Christie’s Education, the ICP School, and Maine Media College + Workshops, where she teaches workshops on how to collect photography and how photographers can better access the marketplace. 

Zimet pioneered the field of corporate sponsorship as Director, Worldwide Cultural Affairs, The Chase Manhattan Bank (20 years) where she used the arts as a strategic marketing tool across 14 countries and 20 US cities, generating $2 Billion in new business for the bank. She is an Adjunct Professor, New York University’s Graduate Program, Arts Administration teaching Corporate Sponsorship and the Arts. Zimet holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Art History. She began her career at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and continues to live, work and collect in New York City.

 

Web: https://www.artsandbusinesspartners.com ; IG: @alice.sachs.zimet

Courses & Workshops: Collecting Photography: An Insider’s Guide