About Founder

Alice Sachs Zimet is President, Arts + Business Partners, a consultancy founded in 1999 to advise collectors and photographers about 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 and 21st Century masters (Cartier-Bresson, Berenice Abbott, Elliott Erwitt, Robert Mapplethorpe) to the present (Cindy Sherman, Zanele Muholi), representing 142 different photographers.

 

Affiliations

• Chair, Photography Curatorial Committee, Harvard Art Museums

• Chair, Collections Committee, International Center of Photography (ICP)

• Board member, Magnum Foundation

• Advisory Board Member: Center of Photography at Woodstock (CPW), American Photography Archives Group (APAG) and PHOTOFAIRS New York.

 

She teaches regularly for Christie’s Education, the ICP School, Maine Media College + Workshops, Houston Center of Photography, and the American Society of Photographers (among others) where she offers workshops on how to collect photography and how photographers can better access the market.

 

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.  

 

Alice holds Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in Art History, began her career at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and continues to live, work and collect in New York City.

 

In 2024, Alice received the APAG Distinguished Service Award for her contributions in the field of fine art photography.

 

Zimet has been featured in Admical, American Photo Magazine, Art + Auction, Bazaar, Business Mexico (Mexico), Crain's New York Business, Exibart (Italy), Florida Trend, Forbes, IEG Sponsorship Report, Inside Philanthropy, Intelligent Collector, Journal of Financial Advertising & Marketing, L'Evenementiel (France), New York Magazine, New York Observer, The New York Times, Photo District News, Private Air, Revue Banque (France), The Photograph Collector, and The Wall Street Journal.