APW Art Curating Helps Collectors

Understand and Manage

Their Art Collections

Dr. Wagner works with private collectors to help them understand what art they have and how to track, care for, exhibit, and place it.

• What is it? Dr. Wagner can help you to understand whether you have original fine art works, or reproductions. She is an expert at identifying media such as fine art prints, photographs, reproductive prints, paintings, sculpture, and craft works.
• Who made your art, when, and where? Dr. Wagner is an experienced professional art researcher uses primary and secondary sources to identify the artists who made art works, and when and where the works were made. If there is a story to know about your art, she will find it for you!
• What works do you have? Dr. Wagner knows how to organize and store art works. She has catalogued many art works on collection databases such as TMS and Past Perfect.
• Dr. Wagner can offer advice on how to mount, store, and exhibit your art works appropriately and safely to preserve them for the future.
• If you would like to consider loaning or gifting art works to a museum or library, Dr. Wagner can advise you.
• Only an artist’s estate or foundation can officially authenticate an art work – Dr. Wagner can help you to get in touch with those authorities.
• Dr. Wagner can help you to determine whether art works in your collection merit appraisal by a certified art appraiser. She can help you to locate an appropriate certified art appraiser in your area.
• Dr. Wagner can help you to find an appropriate professional art conservator or framer who can treat and house your art works.