Epis. 340: Veteran art handler Bryan Cooke on 50+ years in the art handling business, including several brushes with death

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> Episode 340- Veteran art handler and preparator Bryan Cooke talks about:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> <a href="https://www.cookescrating.com/">Cooke’s Crating</a>, the business he started back in 1975, and how it’s essentially a service business, one that has grown with the art market, particularly in the last 10 years; why they don’t use the word ‘art’ in the company title, and how they discreetly move art around, especially high-priced works; how and why he self-published his book, <a href="https://artworldpublishing.com/">Art Can Kill</a>; some of his near-death experiences in art handling, including two involving elevators (one of my least favorite places); why he put himself in the line of risk, shielding his employees from danger; and he tells a condensed version of an epic story from the book in which a client for all intents and purposes kidnaps Bryan and his colleague during a moving job, on a large estate outside Chicago.</span></p>