Claire Kyle

Manages operations for all channels of AGO Art Rental and Sales Gallery including onsite gallery, web store, and offsite events to achieve established sales, and operation objectives. Plans and executes critical artwork installations for onsite gallery locations. Provides excellent service and maintains relationships with collectors, new prospects, consigning commercial galleries and independent artists.

Responsible for consignment art procurement through sourcing and relationship with commercial galleries, independent artists, and curators. Keeps informed of global and local art market trends to provide clients with excellent contemporary art knowledge and service.

Delivers excellent service inclusive of high-net-worth clients to achieve monthly revenue targets for all channels. Hosts collectors for in-person viewing of artworks at the AGO, visits corporate spaces for consultation and photography. Creates custom digital portfolios which include renderings and curation of client space. Hosts artist talks, group tours of onsite exhibition and art storage, artist studios, galleries and art fairs based on potential business assessment.

Creates critical content for weekly emails/newsletters, online advertisements, digital artwork catalogues, printed brochures as well as posts, images and stories as required for social media accounts. Responds to media inquiries as approved by AGO Public Relations including magazine interview participation. Submits design requests for art specific labeling, catalogue design, printed marketing materials, web team created banners and photography requests.

Manages logistics for all sales channels on transportation of art; locally, out of province or international.

Entrepreneurial management of the gallery and personnel

• Autonomous planning and realization of exhibitions, private views and VIP events
• Facilitate shipment and installation of purchased artwork
• Adherence, monitoring and effective use of budgets
• Frequently source and acquire new artworks while maintaining regular change of hanging and curation
• Enhanced the customer experience through personalized art consultations and recommendations.
• Implemented targeted outreach programs to engage new clients from various backgrounds and interests.
• Formed partnerships with local businesses, cultural institutions, and community organizations for mutual promotional benefits.
• Boosted art sales by developing and executing innovative marketing strategies.

• Type specialist notes for valuation reports and catalogue
• Proof draft copies of valuations for current auction estimates and for tax purposes

• Prepare targeting reports for upcoming sales
• Liaise with clients interested in upcoming lots, sending condition reports

and high resolution images

• Research provenance, prepare documents with high attention to detail
• Work alongside senior specialist in writing condition reports
• Self motivated

• Assist gallery directors with sales portfolios, preparing literature and sales packs
• Researching auction results, and upcoming secondary market sales of represented artists
• Assigned to oversee small scale gallery event: book launch for featured artist
• Supporting the gallery manager through various administrative tasks to ensure the smooth running of the gallery, including maintaining the client/image databases and archiving material on server
• Liaise with partner gallery in Berlin in archiving and standardizing press files
• Speak to gallery visitors and collectors about artwork, attend private views and events
• Assist the technical director in the installation of exhibitions when required

• Conduct research for upcoming exhibitions: potential artists, historical data, images
• Critical writing for exhibition catalogue
• Catalogue, file and shelve in-gallery library using management database
• Maintain and catalogue gallery historical records and archives
• Participate in exhibition installation and involved in curatorial decision making
• Prepare marketing material, press releases, catalogue entries and conduct artist interviews

• Attend to every day administration of the gallery including writing press releases, price lists and gallery newsletters, updating the website as well as client/artist correspondence
• Manage gallery in absence of Director, including preparing sales packs and speaking to potential clients
• Maintain artwork, client and consignment/loan database on Mac operating system
• Prepare image files for publication in magazines and marketing campaigns, use of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Attend and represent gallery at Frieze Art Fair, speak to collectors and interested parties about artists and work for sale
• Participate in exhibition installation, private views, events and talks
• Speak to gallery visitors and collectors about the artwork
• Prepare applications for gallery presence at other international Art Fairs such as miart, Art Basel and Frieze NY