Today we asked Christy MacLear, entrepreneur, founder of Artist.Ventures, and Declassified's executive producer: What is the ‘art world’?

And have you ever wondered:

• In the art world, who decides what is "good" and how?
• How is fine art bought and sold?
• Why does the art “industry” or art “market” not quite suffice to describe the space? Who or what would be excluded by such a title?

Get bona fide answers and advice from Christy on Episode 1 of Declassified.

About Christy

Christy MacLear began her career in the art world as the first CEO of the Philip Johnson Glass House, then went on to start and run the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and SUPERBLUE. She has never had a job which existed before. And in these roles, she’s worked with Founders or Trustees to develop and set new strategies, raise and assemble funding, and build entirely new teams, markets and businesses.

Christy received her Bachelors in Urban Design and Architectural History from Stanford University and an MBA from Penn's Wharton School of Business with a focus on Real Estate finance.  She has served on the Board of Trustees for Stanford University, and she is presently the Board Co-Chair of the Municipal Art Society in New York.

Find her on IG: @christyomaclear

Definitions and more resources on www.declassified-pod.com/episodes/maclear & IG @declassified.pod. See you next week!