March 1, 2021
Dear ______________,
Let’s get something straight: Michael Findlay is a dealer. Not a gallerist. He loathes that term. No, he’s a dealer. He makes deals on masterpieces, he’s been doing so for decades, and he feels there’s no need to bring in other fancy terms to dress up what he does.
This point of terminology is important not just because he insists on it. It’s important because, for me, he’s also a dealer in another, equally vital sense. He’s dealer. That’s not to say he represents me or sells my work. He deals me. He deals me regular doses of wisdom about art history,