Post-War & Contemporary Art

Contact

• New York

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    Alexander Rotter

    Chairman

    Alexander Rotter

    Chairman

    arotter@christies.com+ 1 212 636 2101

    Alex Rotter is Chairman of Christie’s 20/21 Art Departments, where he is responsible for overseeing a global team of specialists spanning the full scope of 20th and 21st Century art, including Post-War & Contemporary Art, Impressionist & Modern Art, Design, Photographs, Prints, American Art, Latin American Art and Modern British Pictures. Rotter is recognized as a leading authority in contemporary art and has become known for his innovative strategies for driving business, and his astute understanding of the rapidly evolving international art market.
    
    Rotter’s progressive approach to presenting extraordinary works of art to the market has yielded many of the most groundbreaking moments in auction history. His recent career highlights include the 2017 sale of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi , which sold for $450 million, becoming the most expensive object ever sold at auction, and Jeff Koons’ Rabbit from the Collection of SI Newhouse, which sold for $91.1 million and set a world auction record for a living artist. He also established the new main sale category 20th and 21st Century Art at Christie’s, a reimagined sale strategy that positions art within the period that it was created, as opposed to the movement that defined it.
    
    In 2020, Rotter’s keen market intelligence and creativity were integral to the implementation of the first-of-its-kind global relay auction, live-streamed from Christie’s salerooms in Hong Kong, Paris, London and New York. Responding to the need to reconfigure the traditional Evening Sale format as a result of the COVID-19 virus, the groundbreaking sale ultimately yielded the highest result for any auction that year.
    
    Prior to joining Christie’s, Rotter was Worldwide Co-Head of Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s (2008-2016), where he oversaw the rise in the firm’s global contemporary art sales.
    
    Growing up in a family of art dealers in his native Austria, Rotter studied at the University of Vienna. He currently lives in New York with his wife and two sons.

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    Sara Friedlander

    Deputy Chairman

    Sara Friedlander

    Deputy Chairman

    sfriedlander@christies.com+ 1 212 641 7554

    Sara Friedlander is the Deputy Chairman of the Post-War & Contemporary Art Department at Christie’s New York. In this role, Sara works with important private collectors, institutions and museums, advising on acquisitions and sales both privately and at auction. Since joining in 2006, Sara has distinguished herself as both a team member and specialist. She has led and contributed to some of Christie’s most important auctions and consignments including The Eppler Family Collection, Property Sold to Benefit the Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation, The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection, and The Robert B. and Beatrice C. Mayer Family Collection. Previously, Sara oversaw seven of Christie’s most successful auctions as the head of the New York Evening Sale, including the highest grossing sale of all time.
    
    Sara graduated from Brandeis University with a B.A. in Art History, with minors in Creative Writing and Women’s Studies. She completed her Master’s degree in Fine and Decorative Arts at the Sotheby’s Institute in London. Sara is the Co-Chair of the Contemporary Circle at the Jewish Museum, on the Contemporary Council of the American Friends for the Israel Museum, is a member of the board of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan and is on the board of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at Brandeis University

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    Barrett White

    Executive Deputy Chairman, Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Americas

    Barrett White

    Executive Deputy Chairman, Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Americas

    bwhite@christies.com+1 212 636 2151

    Barrett White is an Executive Deputy Chairman for the Post-War & Contemporary Art Department, focusing on business development and private sales. Barrett joined Christie’s in 1999 and has held senior positions in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department and Christie’s subsidiary Haunch of Venison. He was also formerly the Senior Director at L+M Arts in New York. His experiences in both commercial galleries and the auction house give him keen insight into the complexities of the art market and this wide perspective has gained him the trust of international collectors. Today, he moves seamlessly between auction and private sale activity for the department securing major consignments and advising clients on building collections. Barrett was born in New Haven Connecticut where early-on he developed a love for the arts while visiting the studios of his mother and her friends at the Yale Art School. He has a BA in Art History from New York University and a MA in the History of the Art Market and Art Market Studies from Christie’s Education.

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    Johanna Flaum

    Vice Chairman, 20th and 21st Century Art, Americas

    Johanna Flaum

    Vice Chairman, 20th and 21st Century Art, Americas

    JFlaum@christies.com+1 212 468 7174

    Johanna Flaum joined Christie’s in October 2017. As Vice Chairman, 20th and 21st Century Art, Americas she oversees the Post-War and Contemporary sales in New York working closely with the individual sale heads and the international team to collaboratively and strategically develop the sales and other business across multiple venues. Additionally, she focuses on cultivating client relationships and advising clients on consignments and acquisitions for both international auctions and private sales. Prior to joining Christie’s, Johanna worked for another international auction house for 12 years where she led the highest grossing and most successful series of sales in the Day Sale category. In her role, she was responsible for achieving day sale auction records for works by Andy Warhol, Ellsworth Kelly, Ed Ruscha, Gerhard Richter and Mark Rothko. Johanna received a B.A. with Honors in Art History and Fine Art from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005.

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    Ana Maria Celis

    Head of Department

    Ana Maria Celis

    Head of Department

    acelis@christies.com+1 212 641 5774

    Ana Maria Celis is a Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist where she is responsible for maintaining Christie’s market-leading position in the category. Prior to joining Christies in 2013 she worked at another international auction house for almost six years where she held the post of Head of the Contemporary Art Afternoon Sale. Since joining Christie's, Ana Maria has worked on a number of curated sales including the record breaking "Looking Forward to the Past" and "The Artist's Muse." Born and raised in Caracas, Ana Maria is fluent in Spanish and English and plays a key role in our international team through the fostering and development of collectors in the Americas. Ana Maria has a BA from New York University in History of Art and Latin American Studies.

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    Joanna Szymkowiak

    Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of Private Sales

    Joanna Szymkowiak

    Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of Private Sales

    jszymkowiak@christies.com+1 646 725 1698

    Joanna Szymkowiak is a Vice President, Senior Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Art department, focusing on business development for auction and private sales, as well as cultivating important client relationships. She joined Christie’s in 2011. During her time at the company, Joanna has been closely involved in the sale of key works by Joan Mitchell, including three of the top ten auction records for the artist, as well as Morris Louis, Hans Hofmann, Jackson Pollock, Wayne Thiebaud, Ed Ruscha and Alexander Calder. She has also been responsible for numerous breakout prices by artists including Ruth Asawa, Neil Jenney and Robert Colescott. Joanna earned her BA in International Letters and Visual Studies and in French from Tufts University as well as an MA degree from New York University.

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    Emily Kaplan

    Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale

    Emily Kaplan

    Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale

    EKaplan@christies.com+1 212-636-2100

    Emily Kaplan is a Senior Vice President and Senior Specialist within Christie’s Post-War & Contemporary Art Department and is the Co-Head of the 20th Century Evening Sale in New York. Her focus is the Post-War period, specializing in Abstract Expressionism, Pop, and Minimalism, among others. In May 2021, she pioneered the first 20th Century Evening Sale to outstanding results - totaling $481 million. Emily has worked in the auction world for 11 years and joined Christie’s in 2018. Prior to running the Evening Sale, Emily has spent much of her career focused on Day and Midseason sales of Post-War and Contemporary Art, where she presided over the highest Day Sale total in history in November 2019 at Christie’s. Born and raised in New York City, Emily was exposed to the arts from a young age. Emily has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania in Art History.

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    Isabella Lauria

    Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of 21st Century Evening Sale

    Isabella Lauria

    Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of 21st Century Evening Sale

    ILauria@christies.com+1 347 803 0224

    Isabella Lauria is a Vice-President and Specialist within the Post-War and Contemporary Art department at Christie’s and Head of the 21st Century Evening Sale in New York. In this role she is focused on introducing new and established collectors to well-known, as well as emerging and underrecognized artists of the Contemporary period. Isabella has worked in the auction world for 8 years and previously ran the mid-season sales at Christie’s. Born in Caracas and raised in Miami, London, Washington, D.C., and New York, Isabella speaks Spanish, English and French. She received her Master’s in Art Business with a focus on Contemporary Art from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York.

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    Kathryn Widing

    Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of 21st Century Evening Sale

    Kathryn Widing

    Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of 21st Century Evening Sale

    kwiding@christies.com+1 917 714 6305

    Kathryn Widing is a Vice President, Senior Specialist in Post-War and Contemporary Art and Head of the 21st Century Evening Sale. Previously at Christie's, she was the Co-Head responsible for the department’s highly successful Day Sales in May and November from 2019-2023. In addition to offering works by some of the most famous artists of the postwar and contemporary era, she also has a specialty and interest in works by emerging artists, as well as female and under-recognized artists. She has worked on major collection sales within Christie's including the Rockefeller Collection, Bucksbaum Collection, Sonnabend Collection, Getty Collection, and the Anderson Collection. She has led Christie's partnerships with non-profits and museums in highly successful auctions, including for the NYC AIDS Memorial, Art for Acres, LAXART, Storm King Art Center, Public Art Fund, the Bronx Museum, among others. She also assists the department in business-getting initiatives and client communications for both auction and private sales, as well as appraisals for private clients and museums. In addition to her work on the East Coast, she also assists with initiatives in the Aspen area as well as the Bay Area. She joined Christie’s in October 2014 in the Post-War and Contemporary department. Prior to joining Christie’s, she was a sales assistant to the president at Pace Gallery in New York and curatorial assistant at High Line Art, the non-profit public art program of Friends of the High Line in New York. She earned a M.A. degree in the History of Art and the Art Market with a focus in Modern and Contemporary Art from Christie’s Education and a B.A. from Colgate University with a major in Art History, where she received high honors for her thesis on the art of Robert Colescott.

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    Rachael White Young

    Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of Core Market Sales

    Rachael White Young

    Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of Core Market Sales

    RRWhite@christies.com+1 917 689 5137

    Rachael White Young is a Vice-President, Senior Specialist and Head of Core Market Sales for the Post-War & Contemporary Art department in New York. She is responsible for the management, strategy and growth of all Core Market auctions for the department in New York, including the Day, Post-War to Present and First Open Online Sales, collectively amounting to more than $200 million in annual sale totals.
    
    She has eleven years of experience at Christie’s. She previously served as Head of the Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sales (2018-2023) and Head of the Post-War & Contemporary Midseason and Online auctions (2017-2018). During her tenure at Christie’s, she has overseen numerous records, including the highest figure ever achieved for a Day Sale—$110 million in November 2019—and an industry-record high for a work offered in a Day Sale: $8.5 million for a painting by Mark Rothko, achieved in November 2021. In addition to her function as Head of Core Market Sales, she provides top-to-bottom services for her client-base throughout the year, including global auction consignments and sales; private sales; and comprehensive appraisal services. Her specialization is post-war abstraction, including Abstract Expressionism, Color Field and Pop Art, but her passion spans the entirety of 20/21st century art.
    
    Rachael earned a Masters of Fine Arts from the Sotheby’s Institute in London in 2012. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and European Studies from Vanderbilt University, with a Minor in History of Art, graduating in 2009. In between degrees, she began her professional journey at Sotheby’s Madrid.
    
    In her free time, she donates her auctioneering services at fundraisers, galas and events for various charitable organizations across the globe.

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    Michael Baptist

    Associate Vice President, Specialist, Co-Head of Day Sale

    Michael Baptist

    Associate Vice President, Specialist, Co-Head of Day Sale

    MBaptist@christies.com+1 212 636 2660

    Michael Baptist is an Associate Vice President, Specialist, and Co-Head of the Day Sale in the Post-War and Contemporary Art department in New York. He previously served as head of sale for the Gerald Fineberg Collection, as well as the Collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann day sale auction. Michael was also the Head of Online Auctions for the Post-War and Contemporary Art department in New York from 2020-2023, during which time he drove the name-brand First Open online auctions to new heights, and conducted a number of online auctions dedicated to prominent private collections. From 2016-2020, Michael served as a junior specialist for the post-war and contemporary Evening Sale auctions in New York, and assisted in the sales of masterpieces such as Jeff Koons’ Rabbit and major collections such as the Robert B. Mayer Family Collection and the Barney A. Ebsworth Collection. Prior to joining Christie’s in 2013, he worked for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Michael specializes in a range of post-war and contemporary artists, including the post-war period of American abstract expressionism, pop art, and 1980s New York artists. He earned a B.A. in English from Northeastern University in Boston, and studied art history at Studio Art Center International in Florence, Italy.

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    Allison Immergut

    Associate Vice President, Specialist, Co-Head of Day Sale

    Allison Immergut

    Associate Vice President, Specialist, Co-Head of Day Sale

    aimmergut@christies.com+1 212 636 2106

    Allison Immergut is an Associate Vice President, Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Art team and Co-Head of the New York Day Sale. Her focus is Post-War Art, specifically Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. She began her career at Christie’s working with the Andy Warhol Foundation property, which she continues to oversee. Allison has pioneered various initiatives with the Warhol Foundation, ranging from successful curated online sales to ‘buy it now’ pilots at Christie’s. She has also held roles in both Private Sales and the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, where she worked on the highest Day Sale total in history in November 2019. In her most recent role as a Specialist working on the 20th Century Evening Sale, Allison was instrumental in overseeing proposals, marketing, research and business-getting for the sale. A native New Yorker, Allison received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania.

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    Julian Ehrlich

    Associate Vice President, Specialist, Head of Post-War to Present Sale

    Julian Ehrlich

    Associate Vice President, Specialist, Head of Post-War to Present Sale

    jehrlich@christies.com+1 347 776 0048

    Julian Ehrlich is a AVP, Specialist and the Head of the Post-War to Present Sale at Christie’s. With an interest in emerging and underrecognized artists, Julian is responsible for maintaining the momentum of Christie’s mid-season sale platform. Prior to joining Christie’s, Julian worked at another international auction house where he focused on Post-War and Contemporary sales, playing an instrumental role in achieving record prices for artists such as Ed Clark and Lynda Benglis. A native New Yorker, Julian earned his B.A. in Art History and Computer Science from Bowdoin College.

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    Nicole Sales Giles

    VP, Director, Digital Art Sales

    Nicole Sales Giles

    VP, Director, Digital Art Sales

    NSales@christies.com+1 212 636 2128

    Nicole Sales Giles joined Christie’s in 2012, holding various positions primarily within the 20th and 21st Century Art departments in New York. In March 2021, she was the business lead for the historic sale of Beeple’s Everydays: The First 5000 Days, the first purely digital artwork to be sold at a major auction house. In 2022, she spearheaded the launch of Christie’s 3.0, the first fully on-chain NFT platform for an auction house, as well as led the sold-out inaugural sale of Diana Sinclair’s digital artwork. Prior to her current role, Nicole was the Associate Vice President and Business Manager of the Private Sales division and for the Online Sales group. She has also held management positions in Client Strategy and Business Intelligence. Nicole holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in Art History and Economics from Duke University.

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    Kathryn Marber

    Associate Specialist, 20th Century Evening Sale

    Kathryn Marber

    Associate Specialist, 20th Century Evening Sale

    kmarber@christies.com+1 646-866-1871

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    Sebastian Sanchez

    Manager, Digital Art Sales

    Sebastian Sanchez

    Manager, Digital Art Sales

    ssanchez@christies.com+1 786 547 4666

    Sebastian Sanchez is a Manager of Digital Art Sales at Christie’s. He is passionate about pioneering a new form of art through digital ownership and the web3 ecosystem. Prior to joining Christie’s, Sebastian spearheaded web3 projects with brands such as Warner Brothers, HBO, and Discovery where he lead multiple projects and charitable initiatives from conceptualization to launch. He co-founded generative art platform ARTXCODE in 2018, where he worked with artists such as Tyler Hobbs and Dmitri Cherniak and was instrumental in cultivating the early generative art market and community. Sebastian is originally from Miami and is fluent in both English and Spanish. He is a certified Full Stack Engineer with a degree from App Academy and holds a B.B.A in Design Management from Parsons the New School for Design

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    AJ Kiyoizumi

    Associate Specialist, Head of Online Sales

    AJ Kiyoizumi

    Associate Specialist, Head of Online Sales

    ajk@christies.com+1 917 941 6622

    AJ Kiyoizumi is an Associate Specialist and Head of Online Sales of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York. Her expertise is in contemporary art created from 1980s to present, and was a key member of the 21st Century Evening Sale team. Prior to this role, AJ served as a coordinator, project manager, cataloguer, and specialist for the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sales. She was a key member of the sale team for the Paul G. Allen Collection (the top philanthropic auction in history). She began at Christie’s in fall 2015 managing the office for the Deputy Chairman of Post-War and Contemporary Art. One of her first projects was managing the curated ‘Bound to Fail’ Evening Sale. She worked on the most valuable auctions and artworks since then, including record-breaking masterpieces by David Hockney, Jeff Koons, and the last painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Prior to Christie’s, AJ received her Bachelor of Arts degree with High Honors from the University of Berkeley, California. Alongside business-getting for the department in both auction and private sales, she is a certified appraiser.

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    Alma Davidsohn

    Specialist, Private Sales

    Alma Davidsohn

    Specialist, Private Sales

    adavidsohn@christies.com+1 646 422 9040

    Alma Davidsohn is a Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Art department in New York, working in the Private Sales team, with an interest in emerging contemporary artists. Born and raised in Israel, Alma has a unique perspective on the global art-market, having worked in the Middle east, Europe and North America. She began her career at Christie’s in London, where she held various roles on the Post-War and Contemporary Art department Day and Evening auctions. Since 2021 Alma’s focus has been the development of private sales of contemporary art, withing the unique sphere of an auction house. Alma received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and Psychology from Tel Aviv University, and a Masters of Arts degree in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York.

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    Emily Rose Fitzgerald

    Junior Specialist

    Emily Rose Fitzgerald

    Junior Specialist

    efitzgerald@christies.com+1 917 628 0406

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    Rachel Ng

    Junior Specialist, 20th Century Evening Sale

    Rachel Ng

    Junior Specialist, 20th Century Evening Sale

    rachelng@christies.com+1 212 636 2538

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    Shereen Al-Sawwaf

    Junior Specialist, Head of Online Sales

    Shereen Al-Sawwaf

    Junior Specialist, Head of Online Sales

    SAl-Sawwaf@christies.com+1 646-623-7562

    Shereen Al-Sawwaf is a Junior Specialist in the New York Post-War & Contemporary Art department. In her current role, Shereen helps the department source, appraise and price works for auction. Additionally, she assists with researching, cataloging, and conducting expertise on works to be included in all upcoming sales. Shereen joined Christie's as part of the Graduate Training Program. Since joining the Post-War & Contemporary Art department full-time, she has been fortunate to work on landmark auctions such as Beeple: The 5000 Everydays, which marked the first purely digital work and the most expensive work ever sold in an online auction, and Andy Warhol's Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, which marked the most expensive 20th century artwork ever sold at auction. Shereen also has worked on bringing prominent collections to auction such as the Surrealist World of Rosalind Gersten Jacobs and Melvin Jacobs, the Collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann, and the Gerald Fineberg collection. Shereen earned a Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies from the University of Chicago.

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    Taylor Nemetz

    Junior Specialist

    Taylor Nemetz

    Junior Specialist

    tnemetz@christies.com+1 347 703 5270

    Taylor Nemetz is a Junior Specialist in the Post-War & Contemporary Art department in New York. She joined Christie’s in November of 2020 as Copyright Coordinator for the Christie’s 20/21 Division in New York, overseeing matters of copyright and intellectual property for the Post-War & Contemporary and Impressionist & Modern Art departments. Since then, as a Cataloguer for the Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Taylor has enjoyed taking on a significant role in research and catalogue production, with a particular specialization in contemporary art. She also actively assists the department with business-getting initiatives, appraisals and valuations, and developing client relationships. Coming from a background in collections management and art advisory, Taylor has previously worked for a number of significant private art collections based in the New York area, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Global Liberal Studies from New York University. Taylor is most passionate about engaging with and bearing witness to art being made during her lifetime.
    
    Taylor has successfully completed training in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice facilitated by a certified AQB instructor from the Appraisers Association of America.

• London

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    Katharine Arnold

    Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art, Europe

    Katharine Arnold

    Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art, Europe

    karnold@christies.com+44 (0) 20 7389 2024

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    Edmond Francey

    International Director, Post-War & Contemporary Art, Europe

    Edmond Francey

    International Director, Post-War & Contemporary Art, Europe

    efrancey@christies.com+44 (0) 20 7389 2630

    Edmond Francey is Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art in London, overseeing the management and development of highly successful auctions and private sales. He moved from Christie’s Paris in 2015, where he was head of the department, having joined as a specialist in Post-War and Contemporary art in 2012.
    
    Prior to joining Christie’s, Edmond gained over 15 years of experience in the international contemporary art market. After completing a Master’s degree in finance, he began his career at the Waddington Galleries in London in 1997, then joined Helly Nahmad Gallery in 1999 where he worked on major exhibitions of 20th century art. In 2002, he collaborated with Albert Baronian to create Baronian-Francey, one of the leading contemporary art galleries in Brussels. Representing artists such as Gilbert and George, Robert Crumb, Wang Du and Lionel Esteve, the gallery’s programme was dedicated to important exhibitions of contemporary art.

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    Alice de Roquemaurel

    International Director, Head of Private Sales

    Alice de Roquemaurel

    International Director, Head of Private Sales

    aderoquemaurel@christies.com+44 (0) 20 7389 2049

    A Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Art in London, Alice de Roquemaurel first joined the department in 2006 with a focus on the Day Sale. Shortly thereafter she was promoted to focus on the Evening Sale. Her primary areas of interest are European Post-War Art particularly Nicolas de Stael and Yves Klein. A French national, Alice holds a B.A. in English and a Masters in Communication (Celsa) from the Sorbonne University, Paris. She also holds a Masters degree in Post-War and Contemporary Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

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    Tessa Lord

    Director, Senior Specialist

    Tessa Lord

    Director, Senior Specialist

    tlord@christies.com+44 (0) 207 389 2683

    Previously Head of the Evening Sale, Tessa has been key in delivering a number of record prices for artists including Daniel Richter and Banksy. Her passion for figurative painting, from Francis Bacon to Lynette Yiadom-Boakye has continued the evolution of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale platform, bringing the very best artists to the fore in the London market. A career highlight was working on the Jeremy Lancaster Collection, which achieved top prices for Philip Guston and Bridget Riley as well as setting the benchmark for Howard Hodgkin with a selection of works sold that spanned his career. Tessa joined Christie’s in 2013. She graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in History, gaining a Master’s degree in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2012, where she majored on the practice of Gerhard Richter. Tessa is fluent in Spanish and lives in London.

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    Alessandro Diotallevi

    Senior Director – Senior Specialist

    Alessandro Diotallevi

    Senior Director – Senior Specialist

    adiotallevi@christies.com+1 212 636 2926

    Alessandro Diotallevi is a Senior Director and Senior Specialist in the Post-War & Contemporary Art department in London. He started his career as a researcher in Christie’s London office in 2010, before cataloguing his first Italian Sale in 2012. In 2014, he was the Junior Specialist on the historic Eyes Wide Open: An Italian Vision, the sale of one of the most important collections of Arte Povera which realized fifteen artist records including those for Michelangelo Pistoletto, Janis Kounellis, and Alighierio Boetti. The following year he joined the Evening Sale team and worked on successful sales which achieved record results for a number of artists in the category. In 2017, he curated the unique Up Close auction which focused on the “greatest small-scale paintings and sculptures by some of the 20th centuries most important artists.”
    
    In the summer of 2018, Alessandro relocated to the USA to join the team in New York where he was the Director of the Private sale team in New York. In 2021 Alessandro moved back to London where he is focusing on the Evening sale as well as masterpiece level consignment. In 2021 Alessandro was one of the leading specialists in the consignment of Jean-Michel Basquiat, In this Case, 1983 and Jean Michel Basquiat, El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile), 1983, currently the second and fourth record price for the artist at auction. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Communications from the L.U.M.S.A University in Rome, and is fluent in English and Italian.

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    Claudia Schürch

    Senior Specialist, Head of Evening Sale

    Claudia Schürch

    Senior Specialist, Head of Evening Sale

    cschurch@christies.com+44 (0)20 7389 2889

    Claudia Schürchis a Senior Specialist in the Post War and Contemporary Team in London and is currently the Head of the Evening Sale. Prior to this role, she spent seven years in Private Sales, Europe team. Prior to Christie’s, Claudia worked for 5 years in the Private Banking division at Credit Suisse in Zurich and in London, where she looked after ultra-high-net-worth individuals in the UK and in the Nordic countries.

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    Anna Touzin

    Specialist, Head of Day Sale

    Anna Touzin

    Specialist, Head of Day Sale

    atouzin@christies.com+44 (0)20 7752 3064

    Anna Touzin is Head of Day Sale in the Post-War and Contemporary department in London. Having joined the department in 2014, Anna has worked on the Evening Auction, the Day Auction and has most recently been Head of Sale for the inaugural First Open online auctions, achieving in April strong sell-through rates and the highest result for a PWC online auction in London. Anna holds on BA in History of Art and German from University College London and an MSc in History of Art and Curating from the University of Edinburgh. Anna speaks English, French, Swedish and German fluently and works closely with Scandinavia to develop Christie’s presence there.

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    Victoria Gramm

    Specialist

    Victoria Gramm

    Specialist

    vgramm@christies.com+44 (0) 20 7389 2182

    Victoria Gramm is a Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary department in London. Initially based in Amsterdam, Victoria has a passion for continental European Post-War art, including Kinetic and Op Art, and Minimal and Conceptual Art. Having headed both First Open and the Day sale in London, Victoria has a breadth of knowledge of the art market. Victoria holds a first-class honours degree in History of Art from the University of Cambridge. Raised between Israel and the UK, Victoria is fluent in English and Russian, and regularly works with Russian clients.

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    Isabel Bardawil

    Specialist

    Isabel Bardawil

    Specialist

    IBardawil@christies.com+44 207 389 2866

    Isabel Bardawil is a Specialist and Associate Director in Post-War and Contemporary Art in London, focusing on the 20th/21st Century Evening Sale and was previously the Head of First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online. Isabel started at Christie’s in 2015, working closely with the Head of the Department, before becoming a cataloguer on the evening auction and then moving into a specialist role within the London day and online auctions. Isabel has a strong interest in contemporary African art, having worked closely with the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair since its initial collaboration with Christie’s in London in October 2020. Isabel also spearheaded the Bold, Black, British exhibition, curated by Aindrea Emelife at Christie’s London in October 2021. Isabel graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the Courtauld Insitute of Art, London in 2015.

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    Stephanie Rao

    Specialist

    Stephanie Rao

    Specialist

    stephanierao@christies.com+44 207 389 2523

    Stephanie Rao is a Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department in London. Since joining Christie’s in 2016 as the Cataloguer for the Chairman of Post-War and Contemporary Art EMERI, Stephanie has worked on the Evening Auctions in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai and the curated Masterpieces of Design and Photography, as well as the single-owner auctions The Leslie Waddington Collection (2016) and The George Michael Collection (2019). Stephanie holds a BA in Law and Business from the University of Warwick, an MSc in Management and Strategy from the London School of Economics and an MLitt in Art History from the University of Glasgow. Stephanie is fluent in both English and Mandarin.

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    Maggie Kwiecien

    Specialist, Private Sales

    Maggie Kwiecien

    Specialist, Private Sales

    mkwiecien@christies.com+44 207 389 2742

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    Nicole Ching

    Specialist Advisor

    Nicole Ching

    Specialist Advisor

    nching@christies.com+44 207 752 3090

    Nicole Ching is a Specialist Advisor in the 20/21st Department in London. Before entering the world of auctions, Nicole came from the museum space, having worked at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum, Shanghai’s Long Museum and written for ArtAsiaPacific. She also founded Museum 2050 in Beijing in 2017, a platform for investigating key issues about the future of cultural institutions in the Greater China region and for providing a place for young museum professionals to converse, share ideas and create a vibrant museum community. Prior to Christie’s, Nicole worked at another international auction house for almost three years, were she was a Deputy Director in the Private Client Group. Nicole graduated from UCL with a BA in Classics and read for an MSc in Visual, Material, and Museum Anthropology at Oxford and was chosen to be a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University where she received a Masters of Global Affairs in International Relations. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

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    Joanna Hattab

    Associate Specialist

    Joanna Hattab

    Associate Specialist

    jhattab@christies.com+44 (0) 20 7389 5102

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    Marie-Claire Thijsen

    Head of Sale, Associate Specialist

    Marie-Claire Thijsen

    Head of Sale, Associate Specialist

    mcthijsen@christies.com+971 50 684 1983

    Marie-Claire is a specialist in the Post-War & Contemporary Art department at Christie’s based between London and Dubai. She is passionate about discovering and promoting emerging and overlooked artists with a particular interest in artists from the Middle East and North Africa. In her role as Head of Sale for Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, she has contributed to the growth of the category and has helped to give it a contemporary and international profile through successful auctions and private selling exhibitions in London, Dubai and Paris.
    
    Marie-Claire grew up in the Netherlands and speaks fluent Dutch and English, conversational French, and is learning Arabic. Marie-Claire attended Amsterdam University College and holds a BA with a double major in International Relations and Economics and a minor in Art History. She moved to London to complete a MA in Art Business and joined Christie’s in 2015. In the Post-War & Contemporary Department in London she has been working across the Evening, Day and Online sales, gaining a breadth of knowledge of the art market and playing a pivotal role in the consignment and successful sale of various single owner collections including the Jeremy Lancaster Collection, the Le Jeune Collection and most recently the Dalloul Art Collection.

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    Andrea Gnoli

    Junior Specialist

    Andrea Gnoli

    Junior Specialist

    agnoli@christies.com+44 (0) 20 7752 3045

    Andrea is a Junior Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Art department in London. Having joined Christie’s in early 2020, Andrea previously worked in the financial industry for Bloomberg L.P. for 12 years in a myriad of roles. He then completed a Masters in History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2017 and subsequently worked for the National Portrait Gallery where he worked on fund raising for their capital regeneration project, including a dedicated auction of works sold to benefit the project at Christie’s in March 2019. Andrea also holds a degree in Economics and is fluent in Italian.

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    Elizabeth Cowden

    Junior Specialist

    Elizabeth Cowden

    Junior Specialist

    ecowden@christies.com+44 (0) 20 7752 3260

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    Martha Meshoulam

    Junior Specialist

    Martha Meshoulam

    Junior Specialist

    mmeshoulam@christies.com+44 (0)207 389 2017

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    Joseph Braka

    Associate Specialist

    Joseph Braka

    Associate Specialist

    jbraka@christies.com+44 (0)20 7389 2051

• Amsterdam

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    Arno Verkade

    Managing Director Senior Specialist

    Arno Verkade

    Managing Director Senior Specialist

    averkade@christies.com

    Arno Verkade is the Managing Director of Christie's in Germany and the Netherlands. Arno joined Christie’s in 1993 as a graduate trainee in the 19th Century Art Department in Amsterdam. He subsequently became a Specialist in the 20th Century Art Department and the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department in Amsterdam, which he headed for almost 10 years. In 2010 Arno transferred to London, to work in the Post-War and Contemporary Department as a Senior Specialist and interim Head of the Evening Auction. During this time, the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department achieved highest turnover ever for any auction in the field in Europe. Arno is an experienced auctioneer of 20th Century Art and has also conducted many charity auctions. A Dutch national, Arno is fluent in Dutch, German and English.

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    Jetske Homan van der Heide

    Senior Specialist, Senior Director

    Jetske Homan van der Heide

    Senior Specialist, Senior Director

    jhoman@christies.com+31 (0)20 575 5241

    Jetske Homan van der Heide joined Christie’s in 1987 and established the Modern Art department in Amsterdam which has held market leadership in the Netherlands ever since. Jetske initiated the Belgian Art sales in Amsterdam as well as the equally successful CoBrA auctions. The many highlights of her career include a world auction record (€486,444) for a work on paper by Piet Mondriaan, consigning several works by Marlene Dumas for Christie’s New York and bringing in Picasso’s Homme à la pipe assis et amour, which fetched £4,264,000 in London. With the sale of a Jan Toorop portrait for €818,400, Jetske achieved the highest auction price ever for a 20th century work of art sold in the Netherlands. At Christie’s, as well as on the international art market, Jetske is regarded as the leading expert on Dutch and Belgian pre-war art. Jetske studied Art History in Groningen where she specialised in the Modern era.

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    Luuk Hoogewerf

    Associate Specialist, Head of Sale

    Luuk Hoogewerf

    Associate Specialist, Head of Sale

    lhoogewerf@christies.com+31 20 5755 985

• Bangkok

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    Camilla Russell

    Client Advisor

    Camilla Russell

    Client Advisor

    CRussell@christies.com

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    Prapavadee Sophonpanich

    General Manager

    Prapavadee Sophonpanich

    General Manager

    PSophonpanich@christies.com+66 2252 3684

    As General Manager, Thailand since January 2018, Prapavadee is responsible for all business and client development activities, working closely with the Hong Kong office to expand Christie’s footprint in Thailand. Prapavadee has a wealth of experience across industries including luxury, residential real estate development, and art institutions, which included representing the retail franchises of The Metropolitan Museum of Arts and Thai National Museum of Bangkok. Prior to this, Prapavadee spent the early part of her career at McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company. Under her stewardship, Christie’s brand presence in Thailand has deepened, with strong growth in client activity across both luxury and fine arts categories. She has also worked with key partners to build collecting mindsets, gave talks to various groups on passion investing, and supported several charities, particularly on art education.

• Brussels

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    Peter van der Graaf

    Senior Specialist

    Peter van der Graaf

    Senior Specialist

    pvandergraaf@christies.com+32 499 88 08 67

    Peter van der Graaf joined Christie’s Modern Art department in 2000. As a specialist, he is especially committed to Southeast Asian Modern Art, having been involved in numerous successes, including sale of the Joe Borkin collection of Affandi’s for €2,870,000 and a new world auction record for a work by Rudolf Bonnet, A Market Scene which fetched €996,000. Peter studied Art History in Groningen and specialised in Old Master Paintings. He speaks Dutch, English and German.

• Cologne

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    Nina Kretzschmar

    Senior Specialist

    Nina Kretzschmar

    Senior Specialist

    nkretzschmar@christies.com+49 170 769 5890

• Dubai

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    Dr. Ridha Moumni

    Chairman, Middle East & Africa

    Dr. Ridha Moumni

    Chairman, Middle East & Africa

    rmoumni@christies.com+44 (0)207 389 2861

    Dr. Ridha Moumni is a historian of Art and Archaeology, specialising in antiquity and the early and modern art of Tunisia. He holds a PhD in North African Roman Architecture from La Sorbonne University. Former fellow of the French Academy in Rome (Villa Medici), Dr. Moumni was from 2019 to 2021 an Aga Khan Fellow at the Department of Art History at Harvard University and conducted research at Harvard's Center of Middle Eastern Studies. Dr. Moumni joined Christie's in 2021 as a Senior Client Advisor, focusing on the Middle East, before moving into his current role as Chairman of the Middle East and Africa. He has extensive experience in leading cultural projects and curating exhibitions of Middle Eastern art.

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    Meagan Kelly Horsman

    Managing Director Middle East

    Meagan Kelly Horsman

    Managing Director Middle East

    mkellyhorsman@christies.com+971 (0) 4 425 5647

    Meagan Kelly Horsman is the Managing Director of Christies Middle East, having joined the team in May 2022. Based in the UAE since 2010, Meagan has worked in both the primary and secondary market, starting her career at Bonhams, and specialises in modern and contemporary art from the Arab World, North Africa and Iran. Meagan’s extensive experience also includes collection management and development for some of the most important private collections in the region. Meagan has curated numerous exhibitions at institutions across the UAE, delivered short courses relating to the art sector and written for arts publications in the region. Meagan holds a MA in History of Art from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.

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    Suzy Sikorski

    Specialist Business Getter

    Suzy Sikorski

    Specialist Business Getter

    SSikorski@christies.com+971 56 480 8398

    Suzy Sikorski is a Specialist Business Getter in Post-War Contemporary Art, based out of Dubai, and dedicated to building auctions, private selling exhibitions and valuations in the region and abroad that has historically recognised Christie’s as one of the global market leaders for modern and contemporary works from the Arab and Iranian world. With a niche expertise in Middle Eastern Modern & Contemporary Art, she continues to develop key consignments in international and private sales as part of an evolving strategy as reflective of the Middle East region’s international appetite across private and institutional buyers.
    
    Originally from New York, Suzy is a Fulbright Scholar (2016-2017), with a research focus on modern Gulf Art History after completing a Bachelor’s Degree at Fordham University, with a major in Middle East Studies and minors in Art History and French.
    
    Suzy speaks French and intermediate Arabic, travelling extensively throughout the Middle East region, with nearly a decade of residing in Dubai since studying abroad as an exchange student at American University of Sharjah, and separately at L'université Paris-Sorbonne.
    
    Suzy’s extensive work across commercial and curatorial sectors is also demonstrated through her active interactive and informative programming, as found across social media: her art storytelling platform Mid East Art, in podcasts, lectures, and published essays along with collaborations at embassies and cultural foundations within the region and abroad.

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    Marie-Claire Thijsen

    Head of Sale, Associate Specialist

    Marie-Claire Thijsen

    Head of Sale, Associate Specialist

    mcthijsen@christies.com+971 50 684 1983

    Marie-Claire is a specialist in the Post-War & Contemporary Art department at Christie’s based between London and Dubai. She is passionate about discovering and promoting emerging and overlooked artists with a particular interest in artists from the Middle East and North Africa. In her role as Head of Sale for Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, she has contributed to the growth of the category and has helped to give it a contemporary and international profile through successful auctions and private selling exhibitions in London, Dubai and Paris.
    
    Marie-Claire grew up in the Netherlands and speaks fluent Dutch and English, conversational French, and is learning Arabic. Marie-Claire attended Amsterdam University College and holds a BA with a double major in International Relations and Economics and a minor in Art History. She moved to London to complete a MA in Art Business and joined Christie’s in 2015. In the Post-War & Contemporary Department in London she has been working across the Evening, Day and Online sales, gaining a breadth of knowledge of the art market and playing a pivotal role in the consignment and successful sale of various single owner collections including the Jeremy Lancaster Collection, the Le Jeune Collection and most recently the Dalloul Art Collection.

• Dusseldorf

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    Prof. Dr. Dirk Boll

    Deputy Chairman 20th and 21st Century Art, EMEA Managing Director, Germany

    Prof. Dr. Dirk Boll

    Deputy Chairman 20th and 21st Century Art, EMEA Managing Director, Germany

    dboll@christies.com+44 (0) 787 980 2464

    Dirk Boll studied law in Göttingen and Freiburg (Br.) and had his judicial traineeship at the Higher Court in Stuttgart and the German Chamber of Commerce in Brussels. A post graduate study in Art Management in Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg earned him a Master of Art degree. He wrote his Ph.D. thesis on distribution systems for art and the legal framework of the international art market.
    
    He joined Christie's in 1998 in London in the Contemporary Art Department. Following four years as a German Christie's representative based in Stuttgart, he moved to the Zürich office in end of 2004 to take over the position of Managing Director of Christie’s International AG, Switzerland. In 2011 he was appointed European Managing Director and moved his office to Christie’s London, King Street. 2017-2022 he served as President Christie’s EMEA (Europe & UK, Middle East, Africa). In March 2022 Dirk joined the 20th/21st Century Art cluster in London as Deputy Chairman. He also oversees Christie’s Education globally.
    
    Dirk Boll is also a lecturer at the University of Hamburg on the subject of Art Management. He publishes regularly in various daily papers and international magazines and has a quarterly column in the Swiss paper Handelszeitung. Since 2009 he published seven books on various aspects of the art markets, collecting or museum development (with Hatje Cantz/Berlin). In 2015 he launched a publication on “Auctioneers who made Art History”. His book “Art for Sale – a Candid View of the Art Market” (2017) combines his background in law with his current professional area, analysing the legal and economical basis for and the distribution systems of the art market. His view on the post-Corona art markets were published in December 2020 (“What’s different this time? Economic Crisis and Art Market 1990/2001/2009/2020”)

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    Nina Kretzschmar

    Senior Specialist

    Nina Kretzschmar

    Senior Specialist

    nkretzschmar@christies.com+49 170 769 5890

• Geneva

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    Garrett Landolt

    Specialist

    Garrett Landolt

    Specialist

    glandolt@christies.com+41 22 319 1710

    Garrett Landolt is a Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Art department based in Geneva. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from McGill University and a Master’s from the University of Oxford. Prior to joining Christie’s in 2020, he was Head of Development for one of Switzerland’s leading cultural institutions. Garrett is Swiss-Canadian and fluent in English and French.

• Hong Kong

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    Cristian Albu

    Deputy Chairman, Head of 20th and 21st Century Art, Asia Pacific

    Cristian Albu

    Deputy Chairman, Head of 20th and 21st Century Art, Asia Pacific

    calbu@christies.com+852 9448 2931

    Based in Hong Kong, Cristian Albu is Deputy Chairman, Head of 20th and 21st Century Art at Christie’s Asia Pacific. Cristian manages sales and operations for the category in Asia and is instrumental in furthering the presentation of Western contemporary art at Christie’s in the region.
    
    Since Cristian joined Christie’s, the 20th and 21st Century Art category has attained historic results in two consecutive years – achieving US$550 million in 2021, the highest annual total for the category at Christie’s Asia, and US$402 million in 2022, the second highest. Cristian was a key figure in the sales of Pablo Picasso’s Buste d’homme dans un cadre from the Estate of Sir Sean Connery, which sold for HK$175 million / US$22 million in May 2022, becoming the second most expensive work by Picasso sold at an auction house in Asia; Gerhard Richter’s Abstraktes Bild 747-1, which realised HK$140 million / US$18 million in December 2021; and Adrian Ghenie’s Pie Fight Interior 12 in May 2022, which fetched HK$81 million / US$10 million, setting a new world record for the artist.
    
    Cristian's curatorial direction and network have been pivotal to some of Christie's most acclaimed, museum-quality exhibitions. These include 'Flesh and Soul: Bacon/Ghenie' in 2022, the world’s first joint exhibition of the two iconic artists Francis Bacon and Adrian Ghenie in Hong Kong and Seoul; and 'Heads On: Basquiat & Warhol', the first joint exhibition of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol in Seoul in over three decades, hosted by Christie's and Hyundai Card during Frieze Seoul in 2023.
    
    Prior to joining the team in Hong Kong in 2020, Cristian began his career at Christie’s in London in 2012, where he played a major part in 10 highly successful auction seasons. Cristian curated the renowned private and museum loan exhibitions ‘Reflections on the Self’ (2015), ‘About the Line: An Exhibition Exploring the Power of the Line in 20th and 21st Century Art’ (2017), and ‘Sacred Noise’ (2018). He contributed significantly to the 2016 Defining British Art Evening Sale, which resulted in numerous world records. He also headed Christie’s October Evening sale in London in 2016, which doubled its low estimate and established new world records for eight artists.
    
    Cristian graduated with a First Class Degree from Lower Danube University with a BA in International Economic Relations. He went on to complete a Master’s degree in Art Business at the Sotheby’s Institute in London, where he wrote his dissertation on Eastern European Modern and Contemporary Art.

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    Jacky Ho (何善衡)

    Senior Vice President, Deputy Head of Department

    Jacky Ho (何善衡)

    Senior Vice President, Deputy Head of Department

    JackyHo@christies.com+852 2978 5353

    Based in Hong Kong, Jacky Ho is Deputy Head of the 20th and 21st Century Art Department at Christie’s Asia Pacific and is responsible for Christie’s specialist teams based across Greater China. With over 15 years of experience in the auction industry, Jacky has expertise across Asian and Western 20th and 21st century art and an extensive collector network.
    
    Jacky has successfully orchestrated a series of phenomenal sales at Christie’s Hong Kong, many of which have set world auction records for both modern and contemporary artists. Under his leadership, the department sold Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Warrior for HK$323.6 million / US$41.9 million in 2021, which remains the most valuable Western artwork ever sold at auction in Asia. Jacky played an integral part in the historic annual auction totals attained by the department in two consecutive years – US$550 million in 2021, the highest at Christie’s Asia, and US$402 million in 2022, the second highest.

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    Ada Tsui (徐文君)

    Vice President, Specialist, Head of Evening Sale

    Ada Tsui (徐文君)

    Vice President, Specialist, Head of Evening Sale

    adatsui@christies.com+852 2978 6730

    Based in Hong Kong, Ada Tsui is Head of Evening Sale and Specialist for the 20th and 21st Century Art Department at Christie's Asia Pacific. In this role, Ada leads on business-getting, market analysis, exhibition planning and cultivating relationships with collectors in the region for the 20th and 21st Century Art Evening Sales.
    
    Under Ada’s headship, Christie’s 20th and 21st Century Evening Sales in Hong Kong present a diverse offering of exceptional art from the East and the West, by both established and emerging artists. Ada previously headed the 20th and 21st Century Art Day Sales in Hong Kong, achieving numerous artist world auction records. In 2021, with Ada at the helm, the Day Sales realised HK$910.8 million / US$117 million, the highest annual total at Christie’s in Asia.
    
    Ada received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and Comparative Literature at The University of Hong Kong.

• Los Angeles

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    Alex Marshall

    Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist

    Alex Marshall

    Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist

    amarshall@christies.com+1 310 385 2600

    Alex Marshall worked at Metro Pictures as a sales director before starting his own private art advisory in 2008. He gained 11 years of experience in building large scale private collections and working with institutions prior to joining Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art department in 2019, based out of the Los Angeles office. Alex attended Syracuse University where he received a B.A. in History and a minor in Art History, and subsequently pursued a Master’s in Art Business through Christie’s Education.

• Madrid

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    Beatriz Ordovas

    Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art Iberica

    Beatriz Ordovas

    Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art Iberica

    bordovas@christies.com+34 915 326 627

    Beatriz Ordovas is a Director and Specialist Head of Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Private Sales in London. Beatriz oversees all private sales transactions in this category throughout Europe. She is also responsible for client coverage across Europe, with a particular focus on Spain, Portugal, Italy and Latin America. Beatriz was previously Head of the Post-War and Contemporary Day Sale in London and has worked on the annual Evening Italian Sale on numerous occasions. In her time at Christie’s, Beatriz has secured two major collections for auction: Living with Art, an auction of works from antiquity to the present day from an extraordinary private collection and Homage to Chillida. Beatriz has a special interest in Post-War Italian and Spanish Art, as well as emerging Latin American artists. Beatriz joined Christie’s in 2006 with a B.A. in Journalism from the Universidad San Pablo CEU de Madrid and the Libera Università Maria Santissima Assunta di Roma. Beatriz is a Spanish national and is fluent in Spanish, English and Italian.

• Milan

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    Elena Zaccarelli

    Senior Specialist, Head of Sale, Milan

    Elena Zaccarelli

    Senior Specialist, Head of Sale, Milan

    ezaccarelli@christies.com+39 02 303 28332

    Elena Zaccarelli is a Senior Specialist in the Modern and Contemporary Art Department at Christie’s in Milan, and she is responsible for the 20th/21st Century: Milan Sales. Elena joined Christie’s in 2010, dealing with international teams of Impressionist and Modern and Post-War and Contemporary Art, being formerly a sale coordinator, cataloguer, junior specialist in the same department. She is now gathering for Milan and international auctions, focusing on italian art. She has curated the sale of the “Next Chapter” Collection throughout London and New York in 2017 and played a key role in major consignments for New York Sales. Before she joined Christie’s, Elena studied History of Art at Università degli Studi di Bologna and worked in various art galleries in Florence. An Italian national, Elena is fluent in Italian and English.

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    Martina Spiritelli

    Cataloguer

    Martina Spiritelli

    Cataloguer

    mspiritelli@christies.com+39 02 303 28333

    Martina Spiritelli is a Cataloguer in the Modern and Contemporary Art Department at Christie’s in Milan. She joined Christie’s in 2018 as an Intern in the same department. Being formerly an Operations and Events Coordinator since 2019, in 2021 Martina has been appointed Cataloguer for the Italian live and online sales, also assisting the International and Private Sale teams with cataloguing, researches and expertise. Before she joined Christie’s, she attained a Bachelor’s Degree in History of Art at Università degli Studi di Milano and then majored at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano with a Master’s Degree in Arts Management, after working as Assistant and Essays Writer for a gallery in Milan.

• Paris

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    Paul Nyzam

    Head of Department

    Paul Nyzam

    Head of Department

    pnyzam@christies.com+33 (0)1 40 76 84 15

    Paul Nyzam is the Head of Evening Sale and Specialist for Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s Paris, and since 2016, he has become the Co-Head for the Paris Avant-Garde sale, held annually during FIAC week. Paul is responsible for the sale of many distinguished private collections in Paris, including amongst others that of the Jean-François and Marie-Aline Prat collection in 2017, which until now still holds the auction record for a private post-war and contemporary art collection ever sold in France (€39m). The auction also saw Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Jim Crow achieve a record price in France for the year (€15m). Paul secured the consignment of Pierre Soulages’ Peinture 186 x 143 cm, 23 décembre 1959 (US$10.6m), setting a world record for the artist and for a French living artist, and he was instrumental in selling Nicolas de Staël’s Grand nu debout (US12.1m) – a record price for the artist. Both successes achieved in 2018. Paul holds a Master’s degree from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and HEC Paris.
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    Paul Nyzam est spécialiste senior et il co-dirige depuis 2016 la vente Paris Avant-Garde organisée pendant la semaine de la FIAC.
    
    Commençant sa carrière chez Christie’s en 2010, Paul a été déterminant dans la dispersion de plusieurs collections importantes à Paris. En 2017, il a dirigé la vente de la collection Jean-François et Marie-Aline Prat, restant à ce jour la plus importante collection d’art d’après-guerre et contemporain vendue en France (EUR 39.5M) dont l’œuvre-phare, Jim Crow de Jean-Michel Basquiat, a été l’œuvre d’art contemporain la plus chère vendue en France cette année-là (EUR 15M).
    
    Paul a sécurisé la vente de Peinture 186 x 143 cm, 23 décembre 1959 de Pierre Soulages, établissant un record du monde pour l’artiste (US$10.6M) et pour un artiste français vivant. Il a également eu un rôle décisif dans la vente du Grand nu debout de Nicolas de Staël (US$12.1M) en 2018 et de Barbara (ANT 113) d’Yves Klein (US$ 15.6M) en 2019.
    
    Paul Nyzam est diplômé de l’Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) et de HEC Paris.

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    Laëtitia Bauduin de la Brosse

    Deputy Chairman

    Laëtitia Bauduin de la Brosse

    Deputy Chairman

    lbauduin@christies.com+33 (0)1 40 76 85 95

    Laëtitia Bauduin de la Brosse began her career in the Maître Briest and Poulain-Le-Fur auction houses. When she joined Christie’s in 2006 she brought with her a wealth of experience in Post-War and Contemporary Art. As Head of Sale under the international supervision of Florence de Botton, she ensures Christie’s sales stand out in the global market for this category.
    
    She contributed significantly to the exponential growth of this department’s results in Paris including the exceptional sale of December 2012 (€18,400,000) which featured a rare Araignée by Louise Bourgeois (€3,400,000). She also was instrumental to the success of the June 2013 auction (€19,600,000), with a global record for an artwork by the artist Kazuo Shiraga, Chiretsusei Katsusemba (€1,650,000).

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    Pierre Martin-Vivier

    Deputy Chairman

    Pierre Martin-Vivier

    Deputy Chairman

    pemvivier@christies.com+33 1 40 76 86 27

    After completing his doctorate in art history in 2005, Pierre Martin-Vivier began his career as a professor at Sorbonne University.
    
    Pierre Martin-Vivier is the author of several major publications on Jean Royère and Jean-Michel Frank, as well as numerous academic papers on design. He is internationally recognised as a leading expert in the fields of design and decorative art, with nearly 20 years' experience.
    
    Pierre worked for ten years at the Jacques Lacoste gallery before joining Christie's in 2010 as a modern and surrealist art sales specialist in London. He joined the Impressionist and Modern Art department in Paris in 2011, then the Chairman's office in 2015 where he was in charge of 20th century art. He is currently vice-chairman of the Post-War and Contemporary Art department.
    
    Pierre is responsible for many world auction records, including Nicolas Staël's Parc des Princes in 2019, Alberto Giacometti's Grande femme debout II, which sold for €25,000,000 in Paris in October 2017, a 1959 painting by Pierre Soulages that sold for $10,600,000 in November 2018 in New York, and works by Jeanne Hébuterne and Roger de La Fresnaye among others. He also played a key role in the tribute sale to Jean Royère, during which the sofa and set of « Ours polaire » armchairs set a new record, fetching almost a million euros.
    
    With a leading role in the Private Sales department in Paris, Pierre Martin-Vivier advises connoisseurs and helps them build their collections.
    
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    Après avoir obtenu son doctorat en histoire de l’art en 2005, Pierre Martin-Vivier a commencé sa carrière en tant que professeur à la Sorbonne.
    
    Auteur de plusieurs ouvrages de référence sur Jean Royère et Jean-Michel Frank, et de nombreux articles relatifs au design, il est reconnu à l’international comme un expert dans les domaines du design et de l’art décoratif depuis près de 20 ans.
    
    Collaborateur pendant dix ans à la galerie Jacques Lacoste, il a rejoint Christie’s en 2010 en tant que spécialiste des ventes d’art moderne et surréaliste à Londres.
    
    Il rejoint le département d’art impressionniste et moderne de Paris en 2011, puis le bureau du président en 2015 pour prendre en charge les arts du XXème siècle. Il est aujourd’hui le vice-président du département d’art d’après-guerre et contemporain.
    
    On doit à Pierre Martin-Vivier de nombreux records du monde dont celui du Parc des Princes de Nicolas Staël en 2019, Grande femme debout II d’Alberto Giacometti, adjugée €25,000,000 à Paris en Octobre 2017, une peinture de 1959 de Pierre Soulages vendue $10,600,000 en novembre 2018 à New York, mais aussi des œuvres de Jeanne Hébuterne et Roger de La Fresnaye en particulier. Il a également joué un rôle clé dans la vente hommage à Jean Royère, pendant laquelle le sofa et l’ensemble des fauteuils «ours polaire » ont établi un nouveau record, à près d’un million d’euros.
    
    Avec un rôle déterminant dans le département des ventes privées à Paris, il conseille les amateurs et les aident à constituer leur collection.

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    Josephine Wanecq

    Specialist, Head of Evening Sale

    Josephine Wanecq

    Specialist, Head of Evening Sale

    jwanecq@christies.com+33 (0)1 40 76 72 19

    After an Art Business Management master degree at Paris Dauphine University, Josephine first joined Christie’s Paris Post War & Contemporary art team in 2016 as a cataloguer and contributed to the great success of Claude Berri Collection sale (October 2016), achieving €8,320,125.
    
    From 2017, Josephine started overseeing cataloguing for both Paris and Milan PWC sales. Among many other sales, she was also involved in the cataloguing, exhibition setting and success of the Jean-François and Marie-Aline Prat Collection sale in 2017, which until now still holds the auction record for a private Post War and Contemporary art collection ever sold in France (€39m).
    
    In 2019, she was appointed Junior Specialist, and more recently Josephine has taken on the role of Head of Day sale. In her position, she is responsible for business getting and managing all aspects of the sale: pricing, curating and overseeing cataloguing.
    
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    Après un master 2 en management des organisations culturelles à l'Université Paris Dauphine, Joséphine Wanecq a rejoint l'équipe Art d’après-guerre et contemporain en 2016 chez Christie's Paris en tant que catalogueuse, contribuant au grand succès de la vente de la collection Claude Berri (octobre 2016) avec 8 320 125 €. En 2019, elle fut nommée Junior Specialist et Head of Day Sale, chargée d'organiser la vente des grandes collections privées. Joséphine a joué un rôle important dans la vente de la collection Jean-François et Marie-Aline Prat en 2017, qui détient encore aujourd’hui le record de vente aux enchères d'une collection privée d'art contemporain et d'après-guerre jamais vendue en France (39 M €).

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    Alix Peronnet

    Associate Specialist, Head of Day Sale

    Alix Peronnet

    Associate Specialist, Head of Day Sale

    APeronnet@christies.com+33 (0)1 40 76 72 41

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    Morgane Cornu

    Cataloguer & Head of Online Sale

    Morgane Cornu

    Cataloguer & Head of Online Sale

    mcornu@christies.com+33 (0)1 40 768 592

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    Elisabetta Vitullo

    Cataloguer

    Elisabetta Vitullo

    Cataloguer

    evitullo@christies.com+33 06 08 96 00 34

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    Avant-Garde(s) Including Thinking Italian

    General Enquires

    Avant-Garde(s) Including Thinking Italian

    General Enquires

    avantgardesandthinkingitalian@christies.com+33 1 40 76 85 85

• Rome

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    Mariolina Bassetti

    Chairman, Post-War & Contemporary Art, Continental Europe and Chairman, Christie's Italy

    Mariolina Bassetti

    Chairman, Post-War & Contemporary Art, Continental Europe and Chairman, Christie's Italy

    mbassetti@christies.com+39 06 686 33 30

    Mariolina Bassetti became Head of the Modern and Contemporary Art Department in Italy in 1995, having joined the Christie's Rome office in 1987. Under her direction, Christie's Italy’s Modern and Contemporary Art sales have grown from €1 million to €16 million. Since its launch in 1999, Mariolina has been in charge of the Italian Sale, the annual and only international auction dedicated entirely to Italian 20th Century art, held at Christie's London. On 14 October 2010 the Italian Sale achieved a new record total of £18,627,650 (€21,142,383), making Christie’s market leaders for this category. Since May 2005, Christie's Italy has held the record for the most expensive work of modern art sold in Italy, with Arturo Martini’s sculpture Donna che nuota sott’acqua, which achieved €2.2 million in Milan. In February 2007 Christie's sold the Tettamanti collection at the King Street saleroom in London. It is considered to be the most important Italian post-war and contemporary art private collection ever sold at auction. In 2011 she became Chairman of Christie's Italy, in addition to her previous role of International Director in the Post-War & Contemporary Art department. In April 2013 Mariolina became a member of the Global Executive Committee, formulating strategic departmental plans and leading client initiatives in this key collecting area of Europe. An Italian national, Mariolina is fluent in Italian French, Spanish and English.

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    Renato Pennisi

    International Specialist, Director

    Renato Pennisi

    International Specialist, Director

    rpennisi@christies.com+39 33 81 36 03 06

    Renato Pennisi is a Director and Senior Specialist of Christie’s global 20/21 Century Team for Modern and Contemporary Art, based in Italy. He joined Christie’s in 2001 and signed responsible as Co-Head for Christie’s Milan auctions as of 2007.
    
    In 2013, Renato launched a new sale format Milan Modern and Contemporary, a monographic sale focusing on the most desirable Italian artists, acclaimed alike by existing and new clients with sell through rates achieving over 90% by lot, even up to 100% result in 2015 and 2018.
    
    In his capacity as international Specialist, Renato has achieved some exceptional auction results for Italian artists in- as well as outside of Italy. Amongst them Lucio Fontana’s Concetto spaziale, Attese sold in March 2018 for £8,671,250; and in October 2018 Concetto Spaziale, La Fine di Dio, dating from 1963 for £16,282,823, still the third highest price for the artist, Piero Manzoni’s Achrome from 1958 which sold in April 2018 for €2,970,000, still the highest price achieved for the artist in Italy), Emilio Vedova’s Cicio61/62 no. 2 sold in November 2008 for €731,600, an unbeaten artist auction record price lasting nearly for two decades, as well as Giorgio Morandi’s Natura Morta, 1939 sold in October 2015 for £2,546,500, still the second highest price at auction for the artist, and Francis Bacon’s Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer, sold in May 2017 $51,767,500. In 2021 Renato was instrumental for the consignment of the Collection Gerard Valkier : A lifetime journey with Art, which held many works by Italian 20/21century artists and totaled €6,572,250. A few months later in the same year, Renato signed responsible for the single owner sale Thousand Roads: A Private Collection in Rome which sold in Amsterdam and London and during the first edition of Thinking Italian in Paris in 2022, his Alighiero Boetti pink Mappa, 1979-1980 consignment set the then new world auction record for the artist, when selling for €5.6 million, doubling its mid-estimate.

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    Giulia Centonze

    Junior Specialist, Head of Sale

    Giulia Centonze

    Junior Specialist, Head of Sale

    GCentonze@christies.com+39 06 686 3320

    Giulia Centonze is a Junior Specialist in the Modern and Contemporary Art Department at Christie’s in Rome. Giulia joined Christie’s in 2014 as Personal Assistant to the Italian Chairman Mariolina Bassetti. In 2018 Giulia became Cataloguer, working for London and Milan Italian Sales. From 2020 she has been appointed Junior Specialist, dealing with international teams, helping with cataloguing, expertise, valuations and gathering for sales. Before she joined Christie’s, Giulia studied Economics for the Arts and Management at Università L. Bocconi in Milan and worked as Assistant Curator for a contemporary art private collection in Milan.

• Zürich

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    Jutta Nixdorf

    Managing Director, Senior Specialist

    Jutta Nixdorf

    Managing Director, Senior Specialist

    jnixdorf@christies.com+41 44 268 10 10

    With more than 25 years in the art market both in the auction world and as an advisor and dealer, Jutta Nixdorf brings extensive experience to bear. Starting at Christie’s Stuttgart, Jutta then moved to Berlin as a Specialist for Contemporary Art and led Gallery de Pury & Luxembourg Zurich as Managing Director. She has been a private advisor and dealer specialising in Post War & Contemporary Art, as well as Director of More Gallery, Switzerland before returning to Christie’s in 2012. Jutta is a Senior Specialist for 20th/21st Century Art and Managing Director of the Zurich office. She was instrumental in the sale of The Collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann, to benefit their foundation.

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    Zoë Klemme

    Associate Director, Senior Specialist

    Zoë Klemme

    Associate Director, Senior Specialist

    zklemme@christies.com+41 44 268 10 12

    Zoë Klemme is a Specialist based in Zurich, having previously headed both the Day and First Open auctions in London. After joining Christie’s Zurich office in 2011, she worked in Business Development for both the Impressionist and Modern Department and the Post War and Contemporary Department, as well as working intensively on the sale of the Estate of Ernst Beyeler in June 2011. In 2014, she moved to London as a Junior Specialist, with a particular focus on First Open, and was appointed Head of Sale in 2016. Graduating with a degree in History of Art and Economics from University of Basel, Switzerland, Zoë undertook a semester at Université Sorbonne-Paris IV and later gained experience working at the Fondation Beyeler and Kunstmuseum Basel. A German-Swiss native, Zoë is fluent in German, English and French.