Adam Lindemann is best known as a taste-maker in collecting and investing in contemporary art and design. He operates Venus Over Manhattan, the influential gallery devoted to iconoclastic exhibitions both historic and contemporary. Lindemann is also known for his art writing, specifically a popular column he wrote for The New York Observer, as well as two of Taschen’s bestselling art books, Collecting Contemporary (2006), and Collecting Design (2010).  He has been a featured commentator in several documentaries and interviews relating to collecting and art, including recent features on the BBC, Charlie Rose, and Reuters. He lives and works in New York City