About Founder
Photo by Grace Roselli, Pandora's BoxX Project
Alice Sachs Zimet
Founder + President
Alice Sachs Zimet is President, Arts + Business Partners, a consulting boutique which she founded in 1999 specializing in the fine art photography marketplace.
As a collector, advisor, and educator, Alice began to collect fine art photography in 1985 and has amassed a museum-quality collection of over 300 images from 20th Century masters to the present. Alice is Chair, Photography Curatorial Committee, Harvard Art Museums; Chair, Acquisitions Committee, International Center of Photography (ICP); board member, Magnum Foundation; Advisory Board Member: Center of Photography at Woodstock (CPW) and American Photography Archives Group (APAG). 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 Adjunct Professor, New York University’s Graduate Program, Arts Administration teaching Corporate Sponsorship and the Arts. Alice holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Art History, began her career at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and continues to live, work and collect in New York City.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree (Art History)
Syracuse University
Master’s Degree (Art History)
New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts
Sorbonne University (Paris)
Affiliations
Chair, Photography Curatorial Committee
Harvard Art Museums
Chair, Acquisitions Committee
International Center of Photography (ICP)
Board Member
Magnum Foundation
Member
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American Alliance of Museums
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ArtTable
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APAG (American Photography Archives Group)
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Auction Committee, Friends Without a Border to benefit children's hospitals in Southeast Asia
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International Council of Museums (ICOM)
Awards
American Association of Museums
Medal for Distinguished Philanthropy
Dewar’s Scotch
New York Do-er’s Award as “one of 50 who provide leadership to the community”
American PHOTO Magazine
“one of the 100 most important people in photography”
Professional Experience
Intern
International Center of Photography
Summer Intern
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Research Assistant
Grey Art Gallery, New York University
Director, Summer Intern Program
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Director, Museum Catalogue Exchange
American Federation of Arts
Director, Worldwide Cultural Affairs
The Chase Manhattan Bank (20 years)
Faculty
Christie's Education
International Center of Photography
Los Angeles Center of Photography
Maine Media Workshops + College
Guest Lecturer: Griffin Museum of Photography, Swann Auction Galleries, Harvard Alumni Clubs, Colorado Photographic Arts Center
Admical
American Photo Magazine
Art + Auction
Bazaar
Business Mexico
Crain's New York Business
Exibart
Florida Trend
Forbes
IEG Sponsorship Report
Inside Philanthropy
Intelligent Collector
Journal of Financial Advertising & Marketing
L'Evenementiel
New York Magazine
New York Observer
New York Times
Photo District News
Revue Banque
The Photograph Collector
Wall Street Journal