Initiators
The Initiators and Co-Founders of Art. Talking Business. are Dr. Pascal Decker and Sebastian Pflum. Both of them have been intimately familiar with the art market for many years.
Pascal Decker
founded dtb rechtsanwälte, a boutique law firm designed for clients in the art sector, including corporations, foundations, non-for-profit organizations, galleries, collectors, artists and museums. Since August 2018 he is Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of artnet AG. From 2006 on he was Member of the Board and from 2014 till end of May 2018 Managing Chairman of the Board at Stiftung Brandenburger Tor.
Sebastian Pflum
started his career in 2011 at the Berlin office of Phillips de Pury & Company. From there he took the chance to become Personal Consultant to the Permanent Secretary for Cultural Affairs of the Federal State of Berlin for almost three years – where he among other things initiated, organised and orchestrated major events like the Berlin Art Week or “be Berlin be Diverse”.