Leila de Vos van Steenwijk

Senior Specialist/Head of Furniture and Decorative Arts
Amsterdam

Mark Hinton

International Specialist Head
London, King Street

Anastasia von Seibold

Associate Director, Head of Department
London, South Kensington

Anastasia von Seibold joined Christie’s in 2006. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Japanese from Edinburgh University which included one year’s study at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. The degree was completed with a thesis on Japonisme – an analysis of the effects of Japanese art on the artists Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh. She also has a Masters degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in Japanese art history, and her thesis was entitled The Western Perception of Japanese Art in the 19th Century.

Katsura Yamaguchi

Senior Vice President & Department Head
New York, Rockefeller Center

Katsura Yamaguchi’s career at Christie’s began in 1992 in London followed by several years as a Japanese Art Specialist in Christie’s Tokyo office. In 2000, he joined the New York team as a Senior Specialist in the Japanese and Korean Works of Art Department and was appointed Department Head in April 2004. His numerous responsibilities include new business development, appraisals, research and cataloguing, while overseeing the daily operations of the department. Mr. Yamaguchi holds a B.A. from Rikkyo (St. Paul’s) University in Tokyo in Japonisme, the study of the influence of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints on Impressionist, Art Nouveau, and early 20th Century art. He is also a member of the American Ukiyo-e Society and has served as the Director of the International Ukiyo-e Society for two years.

Takaaki Murakami

Associate Vice President, Specialist
New York, Rockefeller Center

As Associate Vice President, Specialist in Japanese Art, Mr. Murakami is responsible for researching, appraising and cataloguing property, with a particular emphasis on Japanese art. Prior to joining Christie’s in New York in 2011, Mr. Murakami worked at Christie’s Japan office for 8 years. He was responsible for business sourcing of Asian art in Japan and he maintained relationships with private collectors and museums. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Sophia University at Tokyo.

René Lahn

Specialist
Zürich

Ludovic Marock

Regional Representative
Zürich

Ludovic Marock joined Christie’s in Zurich in 2010, quickly becoming an Associate Specialist in Antiquities in early 2012. Mr. Marock has over a decade of experience in the art and culture sectors, and holds an interest in the preservation of cultural assets. He has previously worked hands-on at archaeological excavations in Greece and Sicily, has interned at the UNESCO World Heritage Center and worked as a specialist in antique art objects at the Gallery Rhéa in Switzerland. Mr. Marock is also an experienced manager and project manager, having overseen travelling exhibitions for the Vindonissa Museum in Switzerland, as well as coordinating staff and projects as Division Manager for the SemioticTransfer GmbH. His publications include “Die Antikensammlung des Fürsten von Liechtenstein, Schloss Vaduz” (The collection of antiques of the prince of Liechtenstein). Mr. Marock holds a Master of Arts / Licentiatus philosophiae (Lic. phil. I) in Classical Archaeology, French Literature and Ancient History from the Universities of Zurich and Paris. In 2009 he completed the first part of a postgraduate MAS in culture management at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.