That somebody championing unsung female artists from the 16th through the 19th century is Victoria Beckham and she’s doing it with Sotheby’s.
“My husband and I have been interested in Contemporary art for quite some time….,” Beckham explained about her budding interest.
After launching her street and performance wear collection with Reebok, Beckham arrived at Sotheby on the 24th of January to celebrate her second collaboration with Sotheby’s Old Masters department since working together this coming summer.
These incredibly talented female artists from the 16th through 19th century, who went unrecognized for the majority of their time and after, are known as Old Masters in the art world. They are finally being celebrated centuries later thanks to Beckham and Sotheby’s involvement and passion.
Together with Frick, Sotheby’s neighboring art institution, Beckham along with Calvine Harvey, Sotheby’s vice president, Old Master Paintings, and Aimee Ng, Frick associate curator, spoke to Frick Young Fellows and more about the exciting and rewarding challenge of educating people on not only Old Masters, but in particular, female ones at the reception presented by Sotheby’s International Realty.
Beckham’s upcoming summer partnership with Sotheby’s comes by way of installing Sotheby’s Old Masters in her Dover Street boutique in July and December 2019.
“Thank you to the teams at Sotheby’s and the Frick for having the patience to teach me about Old Masters. I take this home, and I try to teach David everything that I have learned,” said Beckham.
After the reception, an intimate group joined Beckham at the Frick for a dinner hosted by Xavier Salomon, the museum’s Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, which proved to be a full-circle ending to Beckham’s artful collaboration.
Photo credit: Tom Newton, Vikram Valluri for BFA.com, Sotheby
