Cristina Carlisle

Regional Director - Argentina
Argentina

Juanita Madrinan

International Representative - Colombia
Bogota

Denise Ratinoff de Lira

International Representative - Chile
Chile

Yolanda Muñoz

Junior Specialist, Valuations
Madrid

Yolanda Muñoz joined Christies in April 2006 as assistant of the Art Department, collaborating with the experts at the Madrid office. After an intense year working in the Art Department she has progressed to coordinator of of Valuations and is starting as a Junior Specialist in the field of decorative arts and furniture. Yolanda completed her studies in History of Art at the University of Sevilla. She further specialized in Cultural Management and the Market and Taxation of Art, specializing in Contemporary Art at The Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset and The Instituto Superior de Arte de Madrid.

Gabriela Lobo

Regional Director - Mexico
Mexico City

Vivian Pfeiffer

Regional Director - Miami
Miami

Virgilio Garza

Department Head
New York, Rockefeller Center

Virgilio Garza was born in Monterrey, Mexico and has lived in New York since 1995. He has been at the helm of Christie’s Latin American department since 2005. Christie’s leads the market with successful sales that have broken numerous records for modern and contemporary Latin American artists. Virgilio Garza holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores in Monterrey and a Master of Arts degree from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. In addition to his curatorial experience, he has had former posts at the Museo de Monterrey as Head of Research and Development and director of Ramis Barquet Gallery in New York, which led to his appointment as Head of the Latin American department at Christie’s.

Marysol Nieves

Vice President, Specialist
New York, Rockefeller Center

Marysol Nieves comes to Christie’s with a wealth of academic experience, having served as a curator for various world renowned institutions. Prior to joining Christie’s, Marysol was an independent curator and art consultant working with a number of museums, corporate collections, and individual clients, including the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York, the FEMSA Collection in Monterrey, Mexico; the Museo de Arte de Ponce and the Dorado Beach Resort (the latter two in Puerto Rico). In addition to working independently, she has held various positions in the art field, including specialist in the Latin American Art Department at Sotheby’s, Curator of Contemporary Art at Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Director of Visual Arts at the Americas Society, New York; and Senior Curator at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York. Marysol holds a Master of Arts in 20th Century & Contemporary Art History and Criticism from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Katharine Nottebohm Brooks

Specialist
New York, Rockefeller Center

Katharine began her career at Christie's in 2005. Prior to joining Christie's Latin American department, she worked in a gallery, as well as another auction house in New York. Katharine received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations with a concentration on Latin America and a minor in Spanish Literature from Bucknell University. Born in Guatemala, she is fluent in both Spanish and English.

Jessica Katz

Junior Specialist
New York, Rockefeller Center

Kristen France

Administrator
New York, Rockefeller Center

Candida Sodre

International Representative - Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro

Nathalie Lenci

Consultant - São Paulo
Sao Paolo