Joseph K. Levene

A graduate of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Joseph K. Levene began collecting art at the age of 12 when he purchased a 1946 Alexander Calder drawing, still in his collection, from the legendary Perls Gallery. Son of legendary Broadway and film actor Sam Levene, Joseph K. Levene has three decades multifaceted fine art experience as art dealer, art collector, fine art executive and selling art online at Artsy, eBay, Art Fix Daily and JKLFA.com, their 24/7 short-cut URL for blue-chip art.

Prior to establishing Joseph K. Levene Fine Art, Ltd., Joseph K. Levene was President/COO, Petersburg Press, Inc., international fine art publisher limited editions by Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Jim Dine. Before becoming a full-time art dealer, Joseph K. Levene was a successful packed goods management supervisor, handling advertising for a variety of products from Procter & Gamble and Bristol-Myers.

Joseph K. Levene is a recognized Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol authority and author of The Fine Art Blog, official blog Joseph K. Levene Fine Art, Ltd. Visit The Fine Art Blog to learn about a non-existent Roy Lichtenstein Finger Pointing printer's proof edition that fooled specialists at major auction firms in Fake Roy Lichtenstein Prints dupe Christie's, Phillips & Sotheby's. Robert Grunder and Joseph K. Levene didn't mince words in Auctionata Guarantee is a Guaranteed Risk, an analysis of the purported 25 year Auctionata guarantee behind the massive fraud that ranks among the top 200 start-up failures. Messrs. Grunder and Levene were so stunned by the extensive fraud, shill bidding and deceptive Auctionata practices that continued unchecked for several years, the two Joseph K. Levene Fine Art, Ltd. officers co-authored: Was Auctionata ever ethical?

Joseph K. Levene has over 15 years experience buying and selling fine art online; as consultant to artnet, Joseph K. Levene introduced its e-commerce Printstore; in addition, Mr. Levene was an original, invited charter member, Sotheby's fine art auctions and in 1999, established an eBay Store featuring blue-chip fine art, providing all buyers with guaranteed authenticity and condition for all fine art offered and sold on eBay.