© Alp Sime - Heist, 1990

Art, seriously.

An acquisition is also a curatorial decision. A cultural programme is also a position taken in public. An exhibition is also a case argued in space. A publication is also a claim set in print. Appia is an integrated practice because the work itself is not separable.

Four registers of a single judgement, held in balance.

  1. Art Advisory

    Acquisition, collection management, and the long custody of works — for private collectors who treat a collection as a position, not an inventory.

  2. Cultural Consultancy

    Cultural strategy and programming for institutions and corporations — distinguishing what a programme says from what its structure actually produces.

  3. Curatorial

    The thesis, the works, and the staging that defends it — exhibitions built from research to the walls.

  4. Editorial

    Catalogues, monographs, and artists’ books — where the practice goes on record, from commissioned text to printed object.