The Second Salon Sunday, May 7, 2006, 3 - 6 PM

THE FINE ART OF ART COLLECTING

Contemporary Collectors presents Edward Goldman
at the home of Dick & Debby Polonsky.

GUEST LECTURER
EDWARD GOLDMAN CRITIC, ART TALK host on KCRW radio; he lives and breathes
contemporary art... experience L.A. from a new perspective.

Bio:
Before immigrating to the U.S. in 1977, Edward Goldman worked at the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad in the Education Department. Goldman taught Russian Art History at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Shortly after he started his own business as an art consultant/curator for corporate and private clients, among them Deloitte & Touche, PriceWaterhouse Coopers and La Opinion. Since 1988, Goldman has been the art critic at KCRW, the LA-affiliated National Public Radio station, and host of a weekly program called "Art Talk". From 1998-1999, Goldman was the Arts and Culture Editor of "Life and Times Tonight" on KCET, the LA-based PBS television station.

In 2005, he taught seminar classes on art collecting at Otis College of Art and Design. Goldman also contributes articles to numerous art publications and serves as a panelist, moderator and speaker for various museums and arts organizations and is a member of the International Association of Art Critics.