Zesty Meyers of R 20th Century Design to Lead the Discussion At the Design Breakfast Roundtable Friday, December 7 at 9:30am at the Design Miami Media Lounge NEW YORK, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA Art, the world's premiere art insurance specialist, announced today its co-presentation, together with Art & Antiques Magazine, of the Design Breakfast Roundtable, taking place Friday, December 7th at 9:30am at the Design Miami Media Lounge in the Wynwood Design District. The panel discussion will focus on current trends in the exploding contemporary art market and how they influence the market for mid-century modern and contemporary design. Zesty Meyers, co-principal of R 20th Century Design in NYC and an expert in the field, will spearhead the discussion. Special emphasis will be placed on the work of Danish designer Poul Kjaerholm and Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. Panelists include noted journalist Aric Chen and architect Michael Sheridan. Art & Antiques Editor-in-Chief Barbara Tapp will discuss the magazine's recognition of 20th century design as an important art development. Vivian Ebersman, Director of Art Expertise for AXA Art, will moderate. Conceived by Christiane Fischer, CEO of AXA Art USA, the Design Breakfast Roundtable offers a forum for intimate and direct access to the design world. "We're happy to be co-hosting this event with Art & Antiques Magazine. It's a special occasion for our clients to absorb the expertise of Mr. Meyers, Mr. Chen and Mr. Sheridan. As the art market changes, so does the art of collecting. We want to offer our clients resources to help guide them in making the best possible choices for their collections." Co-hosts AXA Art and Art & Antiques Magazine have chosen an impressive panel to examine what Mr. Meyers calls the "co-existence" of the art and design markets. Aric Chen is a contributing writer to such publications as Surface, I.D., The New York Times, Elle Decor, and Metropolis. He is currently at work on a survey of four Brazilian design masters that includes Niemeyer. Michael Sheridan recently authored The Furniture of Poul Kjaerholm: Catalogue Raisonne (Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2007). He is the curator of the upcoming "Structures and Surfaces" exhibition opening at Sean Kelly Gallery and R Gallery in December, the most important collection of Kjaerholm ever assembled. According to Mr. Meyers, who has been lauded for his dedication to the mid-century modern movement, "Oscar Niemeyer is an architect who designed interior pieces based largely on his architectural forms. Poul Kjaerholm proclaimed himself an 'interior architect.' Together they are a holistic representation of truly great post-war design. It is fantastic to see AXA Art taking the initiative to fortify this burgeoning community by partnering with media organizations like Art & Antiques and inviting galleries such as mine to help create a one-of-a-kind opportunity for their clients to learn from some of the leading voices on the intersection of these markets." The Design Miami Media Lounge is located at The Loft, 3627 NE 1stCourt, in the Wynwood Design District. About R 20th Century Design R 20th Century Design represents a distinguished group of vintage and contemporary designers whose work is among the most important, innovative and finely crafted of their time. Since 1997, principals Zesty Meyers and Evan Snyderman have garnered international acclaim for their groundbreaking exhibitions and publications that promote a closer study of design and for their commitment to preserving history through their extensive archives, library and private collection. Consistently, Meyers and Snyderman exhibit an extraordinary acumen for discovering and bringing designers to the forefront of the rapidly escalating design market. R is currently developing installations and publications on artists such as Wendell Castle, Joaquim Tenreiro, Sergio Rodrigues, Greta Magnusson Grossman, Hugo Franca, Paula Hayes, and Jeff Zimmerman. In addition to the exhibition program and showroom in New York, Meyers and Snyderman offer the work of R designers internationally, contribute widely to publications, and lecture frequently about design. Visit http://www.r20thcentury.com/. About Art & Antiques Magazine Art & Antiques is the preeminent magazine for collectors of the fine and decorative arts. The magazine is written for the serious art aficionado whose passion is acquiring and living with the finest in art, antiques and high-end collectables. http://www.artandantiques.net/. About AXA Art Insurance AXA Art serves a wide range of clients, from first-time purchasers to the world's most respected collectors, as well as individual artists, museums, galleries, corporations and public exhibitions. AXA Art insures objects in every active area of serious collecting, that includes paintings, drawings and sculpture to rare stamps, antique furnishings and vintage vehicles. In the US, AXA Art maintains offices in New York (headquarters), Atlanta, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia and New England. The company's international presence is manifested by offices in Brussels, Cologne, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore and Zurich, and across Canada. For more information, visit http://www.axa-art-usa.com/. DATASOURCE: AXA Art CONTACT: Roz Joseph, of AXA Art Insurance, +1-718-710-5181, ; or Sara Valentine for AXA Art, +1-347-576-4638, Web site: http://www.axa-art-usa.com/ http://www.artandantiques.net/ http://www.r20thcentury.com/

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