Vivian Brodie and Alex Perweiler created Art & Acquisition in 2022 to synthesize their experience in modern and contemporary art.
Vivian Brodie started at Christie’s in 2008 in the Post-War and Contemporary department, where she specialized in western art from 1945 to the present day and eventually became head of private sales in New York. Later, she was a director at an established art advisory firm and worked with several nonprofits. She serves on the board of the Shandaken Project and continues to curate exhibitions.
Alex Perweiler cofounded the influential arts organization The Still House Group in 2007. He oversaw the Group’s publications and residency program for artists outside the US, and contributed as an artist, dealer, and curator. Over the Group’s decade of practice Perweiler directed over 100 exhibitions in various countries, placing thousands of artworks. He later became an art advisor with a particular interest in blue chip and historical material, and ran Manual Arts, a Los Angeles-based project space committed to showing artists of his generation.
Together, Brodie and Perweiler offer complementary fields of expertise to guide clients in refining, expanding, or initiating their collections.