Art Advisory Services
Mission
CPM is committed to increasing quality of life by connecting people with art. Art Advising is an important part of what we do in conjunction with gallery programming, and is a way for our clients to benefit from CPM’s wide ranging network of artists, galleries, and arts organizations around the world. Our principle is to find art works at the intersection of personal taste and worldview, and to help each client better understand the relationships between price, quality, and value.
CPM guides private and corporate clients through each step of acquiring, managing and displaying artwork. Our advisory practice engages a shared passion for the visual arts and affinity for education, promoting the highest standards of connoisseurship and disciplined collecting at every level. We believe in transparency and discretion, demonstrating a fluency and command of art history. We tailor our services to curate distinguished art collections of every size and medium.
About
With over two decades of experience in galleries, museums, and high-value private collections, Vlad Smolkin brings a proven record of connecting collectors with exceptional artworks. As Founding Director of CPM Gallery, Baltimore and former Director at Peter Blum Gallery, New York, he has cultivated relationships with leading museum directors, curators, trustees, and international art advisors, facilitating placements of contemporary artists in major institutions such as the Whitney Museum, MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, the High Museum, Montclaire Museum of Art, among others. Vlad has managed high-end sales, negotiated consignments, and directed high-profile exhibitions and art fair presentations worldwide, including Art Basel (Basel, Miami, Hong Kong), Frieze, NY, the Armory Show, ADAA Fair, NADA, New York, among others.
His expertise spans in-depth artist research, curatorial strategy, and market positioning, complemented by an academic background in fine arts and teaching roles in the Art History Department at Georgetown University and Wesleyan University. Versed in art historical context, market trends, and collection management, Vlad offers discerning clients an informed, strategic, and culturally attuned approach to building and refining their art collections
