Sarah de Clercq

Head of Department, Senior Associate Director
Amsterdam

Sarah de Clercq joined Christie's Amsterdam in 2000 as a Specialist in the 19th Century European Art department. In 2005 she was appointed head of the department and under her watch Christie's has established itself as market leader in the field, achieving numerous world auction records such as the €760,250 for an Amsterdam city view by George Hendrik Breitner and €1,412,000 for a winter landscape by Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, which Sarah personally retrieved from the dust in a British guest room. In 2009, Sarah became head of the Impressionist and Modern Art department in Amsterdam. Sarah is a certified valuer for 19th Century European Art, focusing on Dutch, Belgian and Northern European paintings. She has published widely on the subject, including the catalogue raisonné on Sientje Mesdag-van Houten, and is currently preparing a book about Hague Impressionist artist J.E.H. Akkeringa. Sarah studied Art History at Groningen University, winning the national The Hague School prize for her thesis in 1996. Sarah speaks Dutch, English, German and French.

Jetske Homan van der Heide

Senior Specialist, Senior Director
Amsterdam

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.

Odette van Ginkel

Specialist, Associate Director
Amsterdam

Odette van Ginkel began her career at Christie’s in 1993, first as an administrator, then as a specialist in the Twentieth Century Art department. In 2008, she joined the Impressionist and Modern Art department and now oversees the general pictures sale in Amsterdam - Nineteen to Now. Aside from her role as a specialist, Odette is also a certified valuer. Odette studied Art History at the University of Leiden. She speaks Dutch, Italian, English, French, and German.

Nina Kretzschmar

Specialist
Amsterdam

Nina Kretzschmar joined Christie's Amsterdam in April 2008 as a Specialist for the Modern and Contemporary Art department. Nina has ten years of experience in the Post-War and Contemporary market. Prior to Christie’s, Nina worked for the Galerie Gisela Capitain in Cologne. Nina studied Law at the Univerity of Bayreuth and the University “La Sapienza” Rome and Cultural Management at the University Hagen. She speaks German, English and Italian.

Thibault Stockmann

Specialist, Business Coordinator
Brussels

Andreas Rumbler

Chairman, Christie’s Switzerland
Dusseldorf

Nadja Scribante

Specialist
Geneva

Christiane Rantzau

Deputy Chairman
Hamburg

Ken Yeh

Chairman, Christie's Asia
Hong Kong

Ken Yeh was appointed Chairman of Christie’s Asia in January 2010. In this capacity, Mr. Yeh provides senior cross-category support in business-getting and buyer development, making maximum use of art expertise and client relationships and serving as a strong ambassador of exceptional client service. Mr. Yeh joined Christie’s New York in March 1997 as an Art Advisor for Asian clients, focusing on Impressionist & Modern Art. He directs marketing for all New York and London sales of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Contemporary Art to Chinese clients worldwide. Mr. Yeh comes to Christie's with a strong background in Modern and Contemporary art. Prior to Christie’s, he established and managed the Eastlake Gallery in Manhattan, specializing in French Impressionist, post-Impressionist and Contemporary art, and worked internationally with collectors, artists and museums advising in sales and acquisitions. Mr. Yeh also has curated art exhibits worldwide. Mr. Yeh holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business and a B.A. in French Literature from Fu-Jen Catholic University in Taipei, Taiwan. He was born in Taiwan and is fluent in French, English, Mandarin and Taiwanese.

Eric Chang

International Director - Asian Contemporary Art
Hong Kong

Eric Chang is Senior Vice President, International Director of Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art, based in Hong Kong. Born in Taiwan, Mr. Chang joined Christie’s Chinese 20th Century Art Department as a specialist in 2001, and was promoted to Senior Vice President, International Director in August 2006. In his role, Mr. Chang is responsible for leading the strategic direction of the Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art department. In addition to managing all aspects of Christie’s Hong Kong sales, Mr. Chang takes a key role in managing the inclusion of Asian contemporary art in Christie’s international contemporary art sales in New York and London. He travels extensively, sourcing objects for sale and introducing works of art to perspective buyers all around the world, and meets regularly with the most important collectors, curators and members of the trade in his field. Prior to joining Christie’s, Mr. Chang worked with several reputable art organizations in Taiwan, including Dimension Art Gallery and New Age Art Gallery. With more than fifteen years of experience in the field of Asian art, Mr. Chang has made unrivalled contributions to the development of Christie’s sales of Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art in Hong Kong. Under his leadership, Christie’s has become the market leader for Asian Contemporary art, with a global market share of 56% and a 72% market share in Hong Kong in 2007. In May 2008, Mr. Chang and his team introduced a new element to the sale calendar in Hong Kong: the first-ever Evening Sales of Chinese 20th Century and Asian Contemporary Art. The inaugural Asian Contemporary Art Evening Sale set 8 important world auction records, including the auction record for Chinese Contemporary Art with Zeng Fanzhi’s Mask Series 1996 No. 6 which realized HK$75.4million/US$9.7million. Together with the companion Day Sales in both categories, the Spring 2008 sales of Chinese 20th Century and Asian Contemporary Art totalled a record HK$813.8million /US$104.6million, the highest total ever achieved in the category worldwide. A total of 66 world auction records were set across the spectrum of Asian Contemporary art, including multiple new auction records for Japanese, Korean, and Indian contemporary artists.

Elaine Holt

Vice President, Director
Hong Kong

Jussi Pylkkänen

President, Europe
London, King Street

Jussi Pylkkänen is President and Chairman of Christie’s Europe, the Middle East, Russia and India and previously was Chairman of Impressionist and Modern Art. A celebrated auctioneer, Jussi also has conducted countless high-profile sales in London and New York. Jussi was the auctioneer for the record breaking Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in London in June 2010 which totaled £152.6 million, a record total for any various-owner auction held in Europe and the record breaking Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale in New York in November 2012 which totaled $412.3 million (£259.7 million) becoming the most valuable global auction ever held in the category. Jussi has also been on the rostrum for 4 of the top 5 most valuable auctions held in London.

Individual highlights include Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto, 1903, a Blue Period masterpiece by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), which he sold for £34.8 million ($51.6 million) in June 2010 and Triptych 1974-77, by Francis Bacon (1909-1992) which he sold for £26.3 million ($51.7 million) in February 2008 – a world auction record for any Post-War and Contemporary artwork sold in Europe. Jussi also recently sold Andy Warhol’s Statue of Liberty in 2012 for $43.7 million (£27.5 million) and Jeanne Hébuterne by Amedeo Modigliani which sold for £26,921,250 in February 2013.

Jussi joined Christie's in 1986. He joined the Impressionist and Modern Department in 1990, which he ran as head of the department from 1995 to 1998. In 1998 he launched the newly formed Impressionist & Nineteenth Century Art Department, and was promoted to International Director for 19th & 20th Century Art. In December 2000, Jussi was appointed a Deputy Chairman of Christie’s in the UK and in February 2005, he was promoted to President, Christie’s Europe. Jussi was appointed Chairman of the Impressionist and Modern Department in Europe in August 2007 and in the summer of 2008 he was appointed to the Christie’s International plc board.

Jussi is responsible for Christie’s regional offices throughout Continental Europe, the Middle East, Russia and India and leads European business strategy and development. He has overseen the successful launch of Christie’s operations in the Middle East and the ongoing growth of its business in Russia, two of the most significant areas of growth for the international art market.

Olivier Camu

Deputy Chairman, Senior International Director
London, King Street

Olivier joined the London Impressionist and Modern Department in 1994, leaving a career in investment banking, and became an International Director of the Department in 1999. In 2007 Olivier was appointed Head of the London Department until 2009. He enjoyed considerable success in this role. In June 2008 the Impressionist Evening sale reached new heights, achieving £144,440,500 ($285 million) thanks to the Miller Collection, the highest total for any Impressionist and Modern Art sale in European auction history. In that sale Monet's Nympheas were sold for £40,921,250, ($82 million) a world record not only for Monet but for any Impressionist painting at auction. He also played a key role in the consignment of single major paintings such as Gauguin's L'homme a la hache, which sold for a world record price of $40,336,000 in New York in November 2006 and Degas' pastel Danseuses a la barre which sold for £13,481,250 ($26.5 million) in 2008. Throughout the years he was also responsible for overseeing the sale of several private collections, notably the Q Collection in 1999, the René Magritte family collection in 2003, the Maurice and Vivienne Wohl collection in February 2008 and more recently, the Hubertus Wald Charitable Foundation collection, which was a backbone of the London February 2012 evening sales and witnessed several world record prices. Olivier has also been responsible for helping Christie's achieve a dominant position in the Surrealist and Italian 20th Century Art yearly sales in London since their inception in 2000. In 2012 his Surrealist sales achieved a highpoint when Christie’s registered 70% market share against our competitors. That sale at £37 million ($59 million) achieved the highest sold total for any Surrealist sale in auction history. In that sale Joan Miro's 1925 poem-painting Le corps de ma brune..., achieved a new world record price for the artist as well as for any Surrealist artist at auction when it sold for £17 million ($27 million). As a result of this focus, the International Impressionist team now holds artist records for paintings by Miro, Ernst, Magritte, de Chirico, Tanguy, Dominguez, Carrington and Tanning. In 2012 Olivier was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Impressionist and Modern Art department.

John Lumley

Vice Chairman, Europe
London, King Street

Giovanna Bertazzoni

International Director, International Head of Department
London, King Street

A senior specialist since June 2006, Ms. Bertazzoni became Department Head in October 2008 and was promoted to International Specialist Head of Impressionist and Modern Art in January 2012. Under her leadership, the Impressionist and Modern Art Department in London gathered the most successful auction ever held in UK history – £153 million, on 23 June 2010, led by masterpieces such as Picasso’s Blue Period Portrait d’Angel Fernandez de Soto (sold for £34,761,250), Klimt’s Portrait of Ria Munk III (sold for £18,801,250), and Van Gogh’s Parc de l’hôpital Saint-Paul (sold £9,001,250). Giovanna started her career in the department in 1998, soon heading its Works on Paper sales, which are exclusively dedicated to the best works on paper by the most prominent Impressionist & Modern masters. Under her leadership, annual revenue of sales in the Works on Paper category grew from £8 to £20 million. She has forged and continues to cultivate strong relationships with a global network of major private collectors, including works on paper and graphic arts departments of major European and American museums. Fluent in Italian and French, Giovanna holds a master's degree in Museum Studies from the École Nationale du Patrimoine in Paris. Prior to joining Christie's, she worked for the Cabinet des Dessins of the Musée du Louvre and the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts in San Francisco.

Jay Vincze

Head of London Impressionist & Modern Art Department
London, King Street

Jay joined Christie’s in 1998 after graduating with a Master’s degree in History of Art from the University of Cambridge. In 1999 he became a specialist in the Impressionist and Modern Art department and assumed responsibility for the Day sales, managing a market that grew threefold within a decade. His current role as Head of the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale involves business-getting, marketing and promoting works of art for this sale. Jay works across Europe, with particular emphasis on sourcing business and developing top client relationships in Scandinavia, Switzerland, Germany and the United Kingdom. Jay was appointed International Director in 2011.

Liberté Nuti

Director
London, King Street

Liberté joined the Impressionist & Modern Art Department in 2004 and grew to be responsible for business-getting, marketing and promoting the department's bi-annual Works on Paper sales in London. Liberté gained her experience in the art market beginning in New York in 1997 when she worked on major auctions including the Victor & Sally Ganz Collection, the largest private collection ever sold at auction. Prior to assuming her current role, she was a specialist in Christie's Print Department. Liberté Nuti was born and educated in Paris, where she achieved a master's degree in International and European Law. She also completed Christie's Graduate Training Programme.

Jason Carey

Associate Director, Head of Day Sale
London, King Street

Jason began his career at Christie’s in 2006 as an art handler, and upon joining the Impressionist & Modern Art department in 2007 took on the responsibility of cataloguing and promoting the London Evening Sales, a role which he maintained until 2010 when he became acting head of the Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper sale. Jason is currently Head of Day Sale and is responsible for business-getting, marketing and promoting paintings and sculpture in the Day sale, held bi-annually in February and June in London. Jason holds a B.A. in Economics and Art History from Macalester College.

Keith Gill

Associate Director
London, King Street

Cornelia Svedman

Specialist, Head of Works on Paper Sale
London, King Street

Cornelia Svedman is Head of the Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper Sale. She began her career at Christie’s in 2007 cataloguing the 19th Century European and Orientalist Art sales, before joining the Impressionist & Modern Art department in 2008. Cornelia speaks English, Norwegian, Swedish and German, and holds a Masters degree in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London and a Masters degree in History from the University of St. Andrews.

Adrienne Dumas

Junior Specialist
London, King Street

Antoine Lebouteiller

Junior Specialist
London, King Street

Graduated from the ESCP, holder of a Cultural heritage law DESS and a double master degree in Law and History of Art at the Sorbonne, Antoine started his career in the art market as an independent consultant and private collection manager.After joining Christie’s in March 2010 as International Coordinator of Expertise for the Impressionist and Modern department of Christie’s Paris, Antoine has been promoted as Junior specialist in charge of the estimates and consignment of pieces of arts. Antoine participated in the organization of the Auguste Rodin’s bronze sale in December, 2011 that broke a worldwide record with l’Âge d’airain. He has also played an essential role in the organization and the sale of the Gustave Fayet collection.

Tom Best

Junior Specialist
London, King Street

Having completed a Masters degree at the University of St Andrews, where he focussed on the late works of Pablo Picasso, Tom joined the Christie's Impressionist & Modern Art department at King Street in London in 2010. With several charity auctions already under his belt, Tom started training to become a Christie's auctioneer at the start of 2012 and soon became the youngest auctioneer in the company's history. Along with his role as an auctioneer, Tom continues to work as a specialist for the Day Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art where his passion for art history lies.

Natalie Radziwill

Junior Specialist
London, King Street

Natalie Radziwill joined Christie’s Impressionist & Modern Art Department in 2012 in South Kensington before moving to the Works on Paper catalogue in King Street in 2013. As a Junior Specialist, Natalie is responsible for all aspects of cataloguing, research and valuation for the department’s sales. Prior to her appointment at Christie’s, Natalie worked for four years in a leading German auction house as a specialist in 19th & 20th Century German art. Natalie holds a diploma from Christie’s Education, London and a Masters degree in Art History, Literature and History from the Technische Universität, Berlin. She speaks English, German and Italian.

Michelle McMullan

Head of Department
London, South Kensington

Michelle McMullan is a specialist and Head of Sale in the Impressionist and Modern Art Department based in South Kensington. Michelle is the primary appraiser and business-getter focused on the part-three sales in London Impressionist and Modern Art week in February and June each year. After joining Christie’s as an Associate Specialist in January 2008, Michelle came to work with the South Kensington team where she was a key player in the growth of the off-season and the Picasso Ceramics sales before moving to King street to work on the cataloguing of the Day sales. Prior to joining Christie’s, Michelle worked in commercial industry while earning a B.A. degree in History of Art and Italian from University College London and Universitá Degli Studi Roma Tre.

Jilly Ding

Junior Specialist
London, South Kensington

Imogen Kerr

Junior Specialist
London, South Kensington

Giulio Sangiuliano

Department Co-Head
Milan

Elena Zaccarelli

Junior Specialist
Milan

Barbara Guidotti

Junior Specialist
Milan

Guy Vesey

Director
Moscow

Olga Tsoy

Client Liaison
Moscow

Conor Jordan

Deputy Chairman
New York, Rockefeller Center

Conor Jordan is Deputy Chairman of the Impressionist and Modern Department. Conor joined Christie's in London in 1996 in the Modern British and Heritage & Taxation departments, where he was instrumental in the sale to the Tate gallery of a major Mondrian. This led to a specialist role in the Impressionist & Modern art department in 1998. Appointed a Director of Christie's London in 2002, Conor was responsible for twice-yearly major sales of paintings and sculpture ranging from Corot to Picasso. In May 2006, he joined the New York team as a Senior Specialist supporting all areas of the team's business getting activities and in 2009 was appointed Head of the department, a role he fulfilled through 2011. Conor graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Medieval and Modern History.

Cyanne Chutkow

Deputy Chairman
New York, Rockefeller Center

Cyanne Chutkow, Deputy Chairman in the Impressionist & Modern Department, is responsible for business-getting, marketing and promoting works for Impressionist & Modern sales worldwide, conducting appraisals and cultivating relationships with buyers, sellers, museums and institutions. Joining Christie’s in 1986, Ms. Chutkow has become one of the cornerstones of the Impressionist & Modern Art Department. She became the Head of the Day sales in 1996 and was instrumental in making these sales successful for nine years. In addition to being a driving force in New York, she is also a driving force internationally. In 1994, Ms. Chutkow helped to create the annual sales of 19th and 20th Century Art in Tel Aviv. Ms. Chutkow travels to Japan 3-4 times a year and advises many of the firm’s most important clients. With 25 years of experience, Ms. Chutkow has been instrumental in attracting major consignments including property from a Private American Collection which totaled $91 million. Other sale highlights include Alberto Giacometti’s Grande femme debout II which sold for $27.5 million, the first work by the artist to exceed the $20 million threshold and to date is the 3rd highest price at auction for this artist; Lucian Freud’s painting Naked Portrait with Reflection for $23.5 million, and to date is the 2nd highest price at auction for this artist; Joan Miro’s painting La caresse des étoiles which sold for $17 million and is the current auction record for the artist; Natalia Gontcharova’s painting Picking Apple which sold for $9.8 million, the first work by the artist to exceed the $5.0 million threshold and to date is the 3rd highest price at auction for this artist. Ms. Chutkow earned a B.A. degree in Art History at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1984.

Guy Jennings

Deputy Chairman
New York, Rockefeller Center

Guy first joined Christie’s in 1980. He rose to prominence working in the Impressionist and Modern picture department and was appointed Director of Christie’s in 1988. In 1987 he published the first of his books “Impressionist Painters” and followed this in 1988 with “Renoir; History and techniques of the Great Masters”. Guy was closely involved in the record breaking sales of van Gogh’s “The Sunflowers” and “Portrait of Doctor Gachet” which set new price levels for art at the time. He went on to work for Christie’s in Europe, including in Belgium, France and Switzerland. In 1998 he joined Sotheby’s where he became Deputy Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe and Chairman of Sotheby’s Switzerland. Since 2004 he has been an independent art dealer. Guy rejoined Christie’s as Deputy Chairman, Impressionist and Modern Art, in April 2012.

Sharon H. Kim

International Director
New York, Rockefeller Center

Sharon Kim, International Director and Senior Vice President, joined Christie's in 1993. As International Director, Sharon is responsible for business-getting and promoting the worldwide Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sales, working closely with her international team. She maintains strong relationships with major private collectors, institutions and museums, advising them in acquisitions and sales.

From 2005-2009, Sharon was the Head of the Day and Works on Paper Sales in New York. Under her leadership, the sales achieved the highest results in the history of Day sales at international auction in November 2007, which remains a record sale at over $77 million. During her tenure Sharon has been instrumental in securing several key consignments and major collections such as The Ruth Moskin Fineschriber Collection, which totaled over $20 million in May 2007; Alberto Giacometti’s La Place, which sold for $14.6 million in May 2008; Alberto Giacometti’s Femme de Venise V, which sold for $10.2 million in November 2010; Max Ernst’s The Stolen Mirror, which achieved a world record price at $16.3 million in November 2011; Paul Cézanne’s Joueur de Cartes, which sold for $19.1 million in May 2012; and most recently a Private Collection, which sold in excess of $36 million in our Fall and Winter 2012 auctions.

Prior to joining the Impressionist and Modern Art Department, Sharon was a Senior Advisor with Christie's Client Advisory Services, consulting top collectors at auction in New York and London. Sharon received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art & Art History from Colgate University.

Brooke Lampley

Senior Vice President, Department Head
New York, Rockefeller Center

Brooke Lampley is Head of the Impressionist & Modern Art Department, Christie’s America’s with responsibility for sales in the region. Brooke joined Christie’s in 2004 and has been a Senior Specialist working on the Evening Sales since 2009. In her career at Christie’s she has worked on every sale category in the Impressionist & Modern Art department, and oversaw the highest grossing MidSeason sale in the department’s history in February 2007, led by the world record setting Hannah Hoch gouache Mechanischer Garten. Brooke has been instrumental in securing numerous high profile consignments in her tenure and most recently secured Leger’s Nature Morte from the Family of James Johnson Sweeney sold for $7.9 million in November 2010. Brooke was appointed Head of the Department and Head of the New York Evening Sales in January 2012. Prior to joining Christie's, Brooke worked in curatorial departments at The Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and The National Gallery of Art, each in Washington, D.C. She has a Master of Arts degree from Yale and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard.

Adrien Meyer

Senior Vice President, International Director
New York, Rockefeller Center

Adrien Meyer, International Director of Impressionist & Modern Art and auctioneer, first joined Christie's Paris in 2004 to run the European Furniture & Decorative Arts department. He had the responsibility for handling the most prestigious sales of that time such as the Treasures From The Qizilbash Collection, the Collection of the late M. René Smadja, the Worldwide Series of Steinitz Sales, and the Collection of the late Duc de Talleyrand to name a few. Under his leadership, Adrien's team captured a dominant position in this market, achieving the €4.1 million world record price for a Louis XIV commode in December 2008. Adrien was granted a Commissaire-Priseur license by the French Ministry of Justice in 2009 allowing him to conduct auctions in Paris, in addition to London and New York. Adrien joined the Impressionist and Modern Art department in New York in 2010 and was named Senior Vice President, International Director in 2011. Following his graduation from the Ecole du Louvre, Paris in 2000 where he specialized in Contemporary Art, Adrien began his career in the New York European Furniture department of another major auction house where he built, from 2000-2004, a strong international client network.

David Kleiweg de Zwaan

Vice President, Head of Works on Paper Sale
New York, Rockefeller Center

Stefany Sekara Morris

Vice President, Head of Day Sale
New York, Rockefeller Center

Jessica Fertig

Associate Vice President, Specialist
New York, Rockefeller Center

Max Carter

AVP, Specialist Interim Head of Day Sale
New York, Rockefeller Center

Tudor Davies

Head of Department
Paris

Anika Guntrum

Director / Specialist
Paris

Anika Guntrum began her career at Christie's in the firm's Impressionist & Modern Art Department in New York 1996. Upon the opening of the Paris auction market in 2002, she transferred to the Paris saleroom where Christie's roster of auctions has rapidly evolved, with sales garnering exceptional results and a 50% growth rate each passing season. The December 2006 sale was host to a spectacular result for Henri Matisse’s Jeune fille aux anemones sur fond violet, which sold for €5,164,000 ($6,885,333). Ms. Guntrum has been instrumental in several successful auctions, including the sale of the Victor & Sally Ganz Collection (1997); the Maurice & Margo Cohen Collection (1999); the Claude & Simone Dray Collection (2006); and the Professor René Kuss Collection (2006). Ms. Guntrum earned a bachelor’s degree in Art History at Mills College, California.

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier

Specialist
Paris

Following his successful presentation for a PhD in Art History in 2005, Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier taught at the Sorbonne in Paris for 4 years. Author of authoritative monographs on Jean Royère and Jean-Michel Frank, he participated in numerous symposiums, wrote articles and organized exhibitions such as for Alberto Giacometti (Beyeler Fondation), Surrealism (Victoria and Albert Museum) and Jean-Michel Frank (Yves Saint-Laurent foundation). Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier also possesses a solid track record in the Art market. After working closely for seven years with the Jacques Lacoste Gallery, he started his own art consultancy firm in 2005. He joined Christie’s London in May 2010 as specialist in the Impressionism and Modern Art department, where his responsibilities included working on the Art of the Surreal. Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier transferred to Christie’s Paris in September 2011.

Antoine Lebouteiller

Junior Specialist
Paris

Graduated from the ESCP, holder of a Cultural heritage law DESS and a double master degree in Law and History of Art at the Sorbonne, Antoine started his career in the art market as an independent consultant and private collection manager.After joining Christie’s in March 2010 as International Coordinator of Expertise for the Impressionist and Modern department of Christie’s Paris, Antoine has been promoted as Junior specialist in charge of the estimates and consignment of pieces of arts. Antoine participated in the organization of the Auguste Rodin’s bronze sale in December, 2011 that broke a worldwide record with l’Âge d’airain. He has also played an essential role in the organization and the sale of the Gustave Fayet collection.

Fanny Saulay

Junior Specialist
Paris

Mariolina Bassetti

International Director
Rome

Renato Pennisi

Department Co-Head
Rome

Renato Pennisi joined Christie's Italy in 2001, becoming a Specialist in Modern and Contemporary Art in 2005 and Co-Head of the Milan sale in 2007. In November 2010 he was named Director and Co-Head of the Modern and Contemporary Art Department. In this role, Renato continues to contribute to the success of Italian modern and contemporary art sales offered at Christie's Milan and other salerooms worldwide. He has contributed to achieving some of the best auction results for artists such as Giacomo Balla, Alberto Burri, Massimo Campigli, Enrico Castellani, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Emilio Vedova and others. In November 2007, under Renato's leadership, a work by Umberto Boccioni, Studio per foot-baller, sold at Christie’s Milan for €1,866,950, becoming the most expensive painting ever sold at auction in Italy and setting a world record for the artist.

Roni Gilat-Baharaff

Managing Director - Israel
Tel Aviv

Nobu Nagara

Senior Vice President
Tokyo

Chie Banta

Regional Representative - Western Art
Tokyo

Andreas Rumbler

Chairman, Christie’s Switzerland
Zürich

Adèle Zahn Bodmer

Business Development Manager
Zürich

Zoë Klemme

General Inquiries
Zürich