“The walls in the main entrance are covered in ‘Birch Bark’ wallcovering by Elizabeth Dow, which imbues the space with a lived-in depth. The sofa is upholstered in Rose Tarlow’s ‘Fasso’ fabric, beneath ‘El Caracol’, by Mexican-American artist Carolina Jimenez, chosen by Kate Bellin.”
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LUXE Interiors + Design: Playful Patterns Enliven a Classic Park Avenue Apartment →
“The living room emanates playfulness, which is fitting since the owners sought a space to host mahjong parties and football game viewings. White silk wallpaper and a ceiling lacquered in whisper-soft blue to “give it a pop,” Bromley says, are elegant without feeling stodgy. A multitude of colorful works from the couple’s art collection—acquired over many years working with consultant Kate Bellin—play to the mix of solid and patterned furnishings in vibrant shades of blue, pink, green and yellow. The combination of it all makes the room feel “much more modern than when we inherited it,” notes the designer.”
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“A collection of blue-chip artworks, 22 in all, plays a central role throughout, including another architectonic screen element, this one commissioned from Mark Hagen to back the reception desk. And in a nearby corridor is Casablanca #1, a monumental Richard Serra piece in oil stick, etching ink, and silica on paper, its straightforward appearance belying that it was masterfully crafted in intricate layers—much like this project itself.”
Frederic Magazine: Divergent Tastes Merge Seamlessly in a Belle Haven Grand Victorian
“Georgia Tapert Howe turned one couple’s desire for design compromise into a gracious home without any half measures….In the living room and throughout the house, contemporary artwork selected with art adviser Kate Bellin also helps bridge modern and traditional milieus…
Architectural Digest: Step Inside a New York Town House That’s the Picture of Understated Elegance
“AD100 designer Hadley Wiggins infuses an Upper East Side home with a blend of warmth, history, and approachability…The common thread that weaves the home’s diverse palette together is Wiggins’s curation of furnishings, art, and objects (achieved with the help of art advisor Kate Bellin). Each room features an eclectic mélange of pieces of various eras, styles, and provenances—a signature of the designer’s approach.”
New England Home Magazine: A Renovated Home in Edgartown Retains its Coastal Charm
“Heather Wells and Marianthi Thomas of Wells’s eponymous interiors studio, along with Jacob Albert of ART Architects and builder Andrew Flake took on the sophisticated renovation and ever-so-subtle expansion of a twenty-two-year-old waterfront house just outside the Martha’s Vineyard hamlet of Edgartown—and they more than delivered on the promise of a cottage.”
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In a Nashville home boasting mid-century interior architecture with all the right angles, New York City–based Damon List added showstopping furnishings with curves in all the right places…
Look Art + Design Luncheon // April 2024
Fairfield County LOOK in partnership with PURE Insurance and presented by Farrow & Ball threw an Art + Interior Design Luncheon to launch renowned interior designer, Philip Gorrivan‘s book, Authentic Interiors, Rooms that Tell Stories. The luncheon was held at The Barn @Downing Yudain, an art gallery owned by art consultants and co-hosts of the event, Lily Downing and David Yudain. An entertaining panel discussion was moderated by Julie Grace Burke of Compass real estate and included Lily Downing, Kate Bellin founder of Kate Bellin Contemporary, art consultancy, and Philip Gorrivan. The group chatted animatedly about incorporating art in your home design. Nikki Glekas provided the delicious box lunches.
Architectural Digest // September 2022
Kate Bellin Contemporary sourced art for a stunning, 8,000-acre Southampton home designed by Jenny Vorhoff with Studio Riga and Nina Cook John. Click the link above for more details
LUXE Interiors + Design // July 2021
ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN: This Plush Amagansett Family Home Defies Stylistic Boundaries
“In the living areas, leathers, wool bouclés and kilims soften clean-lined furnishings that occasionally lean modern. “Amagansett has this fresh, modern vibe about it—more so than the other hamlets in the Hamptons—which we tried to honor,” McNellis says. “Take that vintage travertine coffee table in the living room: It lends a bit more of a cool factor to the space.” As do architectural lighting fixtures—which “break up the white oak ceiling planes,” Litman says—and colorful modern art, including the living room’s groovy collage by Texas artist Kelly O’Connor. “We wanted something more fun and less suggestive that this is a serious room,” the husband says. “It’s a piece that lets people know this is a home where they can let their guard down.”
The River Club // April 2022
Let’s Talk Art: Lunch and Discussion with Art Advisors Kate Bellin and Jessica Arb Danial
Kate was joined by Jessica Danial, a friend and fellow consultant, at the River Club, where she spoke to their Art Committee and other friends about all things art world. Kate’s friend and news anchor/on-air media trainer Gigi Stone Woods moderated the funny and wide-ranging conversation, which covered everything from local gallery recommendations to the longevity (or not) of NFTs.
NYFA Newsletter // February 2022
NYFA DONOR NEWSLETTER - KATE BELLIN
“Kate Bellin has been a friend of NYFA's since 2016 and we are grateful to count her among these dedicated donors. She has also worked on projects relating to our Immigrant Artist Program, including curating our 2017 Immigrant Artist Program Benefit Exhibition. We recently sat down with Bellin to learn more about her career as an art consultant, her relationship with NYFA, and why philanthropy is important to her.”
Chatham Hall // November 2021
“The Stuart Collection, an art collection… was a gift of Trustee Robin Peake Stuart ’69. It includes photography, drawings, paintings, and multimedia works of more than two dozen artists from around the world. The works were acquired and curated through Kate Bellin Contemporary, New York. With an eye towards subjects that would resonate especially with the Chatham Hall community, Stuart and Bellin selected works ranging from the pure abstract, to portraits of women and girls, a pin oak and summer reading, horses and dogs, swimmers, potters and dancers, and current events. For example, a purple and gold beaded collar worn by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg during oral arguments before the pandemic, a portrait of Greta Thurnberg, and Friends, a charming William Wegman photo of two Weimaraners, are among the pieces on display in the Large Drawing Room. The Sunflowers Quilting Bee at Arles by Faith Ringgold depicting significant women in African American history is displayed in the hallway of Pruden.”
Architectural Digest // November 2021
“Isabella Stewart Gardner was the original Boston patron of the arts. Occupying a Venetian Gothic Revival building defined by its dramatic palazzo courtyard, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is still the beating heart of the city’s art scene, even nearly a century after its founder’s death. The home remained in the hands of the Gardner family from Mrs. Gardner’s death in 1924 until it was sold directly to a young Boston family of five in 2011. By then it was deeply in need of a comprehensive renovation.”
“In the husband’s office, she added an edgy, sculptural light fixture and flat Roman shades in a tonal pattern, and swathed the walls in a Pollack heathered flannel. Four angular purple chairs accompany a bespoke backgammon table by Linley (the husband and son are both big table gamers), while an untitled work by Austrian artist Svenja Deininger riffs off the home’s exterior columns.”
Svenja Deininger
Architectural Digest // June 2019
AD100 Carrier and Company Crafts a Family Home in Brooklyn for Sylvana Durrett
Honored to work with AD100 Carrier and Co. on this beautiful Brooklyn townhome. Sylvana and Adam Durrett exude style and chic; and they had a clear idea about what would compliment their existing art best, which made the process a joy. They put the same depth of knowledge into their interiors as they did into their particular combination of photography, works on paper, and paintings.
Forbes // May 2019
The Four Best Things to See at Frieze New York
"This year’s Frieze seemed absent the thematic fog of political outrage that hung over last year’s fair, and that, coupled with the absence of 2018’s heat wave, made the endless corridors feel really inviting," says Kate Bellin of art advisory firm Kate Bellin Contemporary. "This space—both literal and metaphoric—allowed me to focus on how craft-driven much of the art felt. Everyone’s making ceramics, textiles…and so much of the work had a straight-from-the-studio feel." Here are some of the insiders' must-see works on display.
Read more about what Frieze New York had to offer.
Medium // November 2017
Studio Visits by Way of Instagram - It's Where the Excitement Is
Alumnus Kate Bellin (Christie’s Education New York, M.A. Modern and Contemporary Art and the Market, Valedictorian, 2009) on her route to success.
I knew shortly after entering the Christie’s Master’s program that I wanted start an art consulting company at some point, matching clients with artists. How I would get to that point, I wasn’t sure. As the program wound down, I called upon a mentor, Michael Findlay, who gave me an internship at Acquavella Galleries, and then allowed me the opportunity to work on the Robert and Ethel Scull show at the gallery, after my official duties ended. As the curator’s assistant, I sourced works and interacted with artists, skills that serve me well still today. Through a posting at Christie’s, I then accepted a job working on the Jasper Johns Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings and Sculpture, where I contributed about three years of research, all the while developing relationships with galleries and artists and getting to know the art scene in New York intimately.
As I was finally working on a website and printing business cards for Kate Bellin Contemporary, I found out I was pregnant and — while initially worried that I wouldn’t have time to work after the baby was born — soon found that little Lucky opened up a whole new client base for me, “mom friends”! My business at first was all word-of-mouth, and friends of friends still form the bulk of my clientele, though it’s been significantly expanded since I began working with designers and engaging with social media. Most recently, I’ve focused on finding very emerging artists by doing a ton of studio visits — often arranged through Instagram or over email. That’s where the excitement is.
Houzz // July 2017
MEET ART EXPERT KATE BELLIN
Kate Bellin founded her namesake art consultation firm in 2011 to curate growing collections and connect up-and-coming artists with buyers. The New York and Houston-based consultant, who boasts an M.A. from Christie's and a stint at Harper's Bazaar, brings a discerning editor's eye when it comes to acquiring the right works for clients and their spaces, cultivating collections that feel right at home. She shared with us her favorite Viyet pieces and what makes them special to her.
