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Dan
Elias
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Daniel
Elias...Owner, Elias Fine Art
Daniel Elias, former host of the #1 rated show on PBS,
is also the owner of Elias Fine Art in the Allston section
of Boston. The gallery represents the work of contemporary
artists from both America and abroad.
When
he’s not presiding over the discovery of hidden
treasures in halls across the country, Dan tours interesting
historical and cultural sites at each stop along the
way, including the American Kennel Club Museum in St.
Louis; Fort Sumter in Charleston; the State Capitol
Building in Austin, Texas; the Black American West Museum
in downtown Denver; Taliesin, the workshop laboratory
and lifelong project of Frank Lloyd Wright just outside
Madison, Wisconsin; and Old Route 66 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Before
starting his company, Mr. Elias worked in various capacities
at art institutions in Massachusetts, including gallery manager
and curator at the Barbara Krakow Gallery in Boston, consultant
to the directors of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston
and to Harvard University’s Carpenter Center for the
Visual Arts in Cambridge and guest curator at the Bernard
Toale Gallery in Boston. He also helped organize ArtistBook
International/The New Editions Fair (New York City) in 1995
and 1997, an international contemporary artists books, print
and multimedia fair for publishers and dealers.
Since
1996, Mr. Elias has been on the Board of Directors of the
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Previously he served
on the Boards of the Massachusetts Extended Afternoon Program
and the Magic Garden Children’s Center, both in Lincoln,
Massachusetts. Dan Elias holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
from Tufts University and a diploma from the School of the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with concentrations in sculpture
and printmaking. He is married to Karen Keane, who has been
a regular appraiser on the PBS series hosted by Dan. Dan Elias
is available for keynote speeches through the MasterMedia
Speakers Bureau.
Suggested
Lecture Topics:
Behind the Scenes at the #1 show on PBS
Contemporary Art vs. Antiques: The Value We Place on Artifacts
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