Post-War & Contemporary Art

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• New York

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    Alexander Rotter

    Chairman

    Alexander Rotter

    Chairman

    arotter@christies.com+ 1 212 636 2101

    Alex Rotter joined Christie’s in March 2017 as Co-Chairman of Post-War & Contemporary Art in New York, where he specializes in securing works of art of the highest caliber for Christie’s clients around the world. As a key member of the international team, he is also tasked with maintaining the company’s dominant position in the international art market, and continuing its reputation as the world’s leading art business.
    
    Alex has an exceptional track record of leadership in the Post-War and Contemporary art market. Over the past decade, he has been responsible for driving world auction records for artists including Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, Cy Twombly, Christopher Wool and Sigmar Polke. He has also been responsible for the successful sale of a number of important estates and collections including the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon and The Schlumberger Collection. Alex was a key member of the team which handled the sale of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece Salvator Mundi, which sold at Christie’s New York in November 2017 for $450.3million, the most expensive work of art ever sold. In May 2018, he played an instrumental role in the success of the historic sale of the Collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller for $835million, the highest total for a private collection sold at auction.
    
    Growing up in a family of art dealers in his native Austria, Alex studied at the University of Vienna. From 2013-2016 he was the Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s. Here, he oversaw the rise in contemporary art sales, and led the launch of S│2, the auction house’s private sales exhibition space.

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    Loic Gouzer

    Chairman

    Loic Gouzer

    Chairman

    lgouzer@christies.com+1 212 636 2248

    Loïc Gouzer is Co-Chairman of Post-War and Contemporary Art, focusing on high level consignments and private sales. Since joining Christie’s in 2011, he has become a key member of the global team, playing a central role in its international success and helping to achieve top prices for some of the category’s most formidable artists. In November 2017, Loïc oversaw the sale of Leonard da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, which achieved $450.3 million, becoming the most expensive work of art ever sold.
    
    Loïc has also been responsible for establishing new price points for major international artists including Lucio Fontana’s Concetto spaziale, La fine de Dio sold in November 2015 for a record $29.1million; Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled in 2016 for $57.3million; and Francis Bacon’s Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer in 2017 for $51.7million.
    
    Since 2014, Loïc has pioneered a series of highly successful curated auctions, which commenced with the “If I Live...” sale. He later spearheaded Christie’s 2015 auction, “Looking Forward to the Past”, which totaled $705.8 million, and realized world auction records at the time for the most expensive painting and sculpture ever sold at auction. In 2013, Loïc partnered with the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to present The 11th Hour charity auction, which raised $38.8 million, making it the most important wildlife charity auction ever staged. Loïc’s most recent curated sale was “Bound to Fail” in May 2017, which achieved 10 artist records, including one set by Maurizio Cattelan’s controversial sculpture, Him. In addition to these innovative sale formats, Loïc has also been instrumental in driving markets for artists including Pablo Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Martin Kippenberger, and Yves Klein.
    
    Loïc also sits on the board of Oceana, the largest international ocean conservation and advocacy organization. Here, his main focus has been securing funding for the launch Global Fishing Watch, a software system that monitors the activities of the world’s largest fishing vessels. His is also actively involved with Oceana’s Shark Fin Trade Ban Campaign, which lobbies to stop the export of shark fins from the U.S.

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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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    Andrew Massad

    Deputy Chairman

    Andrew Massad

    Deputy Chairman

    amassad@christies.com+1 212 636 2104

    Andrew Massad is a Deputy Chairman in the Post-War and Contemporary Art department, focusing on auction and high level private sales. As a member of the department since 1991, Andrew has been integral to the development of the market for Contemporary Art. In 1998, he helped reinvent the category as head of the Afternoon Session, where during his 14-year leadership, he won market share for an extraordinary 13 and a half years. Andrew has been responsible for the introduction of many contemporary artists of significance of the last 15 years into the auction market, including Takashi Murakami, Peter Doig, Elizabeth Peyton, John Currin, and more recently Wangechi Mutu, Julie Mehretu, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Mark Grotjahn, Dana Schutz, Kehinde Wiley, and David Wojnarowicz. Andrew has also been responsible for facilitating many top sales and frequent world record prices, including works by Paul Gaugin, Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Alexander Calder, Gerhard Richter, Donald Judd, On Kawara, John Baldessari, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louise Lawler and, a personal favorite, Peter Doig’s Reflection (What does your soul look like) , which sold for $10 million. As a result of Andrew’s commitment to top contemporary artist he recently oversaw the record breaking price for Cindy Sherman’s Untitled from her iconic Centerfold series, which achieved $3.8 million in May 2011. More recently, Andrew was the team leader for the Emily and Jerry Spiegel Collection which sold for upwards of $125m in the fall of 2017. Andrew studied painting and art history at Cornell University and Syracuse University.

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    Sara Friedlander

    Head of Department, International Director

    Sara Friedlander

    Head of Department, International Director

    sfriedlander@christies.com+ 1 212 641 7554

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    Martha Baer

    International Director

    Martha Baer

    International Director

    mbaer@christies.com+1 212 636 2000

    Martha Baer has led the Contemporary auction market through remarkable growth since joining Christie’s in 1978, following her directorship at Acquavella Contemporary Art and an earlier post as Vice President of the André Emmerich Gallery in New York. She is a widely respected authority on postwar and Contemporary art, with special expertise in Abstract Expressionism. Martha’s seniority within the company and length of experience in the field are unmatched elsewhere. She was integrally involved in the formation and sale of a number of top Contemporary art collections including The Tremaine Collection, The Mayer Collection, The Fredrik Roos Collection, The Gerald Elliott Collection and The Boris Leavitt Collection. Martha’s continued success can be further cited with the recent achievements of The Estate of Lee V. Eastman, as well as Selections from The Allan Stone Collection.

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    Johanna Flaum

    Head of Sales, Specialist, Senior Vice President

    Johanna Flaum

    Head of Sales, Specialist, Senior Vice President

    JFlaum@christies.com+1 212 468 7174

    Johanna Flaum joined Christie’s in October 2017. As Head of Sales 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

    Senior Specialist, Vice President

    Ana Maria Celis

    Senior Specialist, Vice President

    acelis@christies.com+1 212 641 5774

    Ana Maria Celis is a Vice President, Specialist and Head of the Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale 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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    Alexis Klein

    Senior Specialist, Vice President

    Alexis Klein

    Senior Specialist, Vice President

    aklein@christies.com+1 212 641 3741

    Alexis Klein, Senior Specialist for Post-War and Contemporary Art, has strong relationships with curators, advisors and private collectors alike. She continues to secure important consignments for post-war and contemporary art auctions internationally and also advises collectors on acquisitions. Alexis contributed to the significant growth in private sales for post-war and contemporary art for Christie’s in the Americas from 2013 to 2018. She specializes in several preeminent artists of the post-war period including Agnes Martin, Cy Twombly, Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell and Alexander Calder as well as contemporary painting and photography by artists such as Gerhard Richter, Richard Prince, Kerry James Marshall, Wolfgang Tillmans and Glenn Ligon, among others.
    
    Prior to joining Christie’s, Alexis worked for over five years at a major international auction house in New York, where she contributed to the launch of its private sales and exhibitions program in Contemporary Art. She has also worked at the Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation and Andrea Rosen Gallery in New York. Alexis is a member of the Performa Visionaries and the American Friends of the Israel Museum Acquisitions Council. Alexis received a B.A. with Honors in Art History from Northwestern University in 2006.

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    Vivian Brodie

    Specialist, Associate Vice President

    Vivian Brodie

    Specialist, Associate Vice President

    vbrodie@christies.com+1 212 636 2510

    Vivian Brodie is Specialist, Head of Mid-Season and Online Sales, overseeing a series of live and online sales held in March, July, September and December each year. Under her leadership, these sales have grown in scale and scope, providing unique opportunities to acquire art by established names and emerging American contemporary artists. Prior to joining Christie’s, Vivian was head of contemporary sales at a well-known online auction site. In addition to her work at Christie’s she runs a New York based non-profit, called Y&S, which supports emerging artists without gallery representation and curators without a space, organizing between one and four exhibitions a year. In addition, she has also curated a number of exhibitions at Venus Over Manhattan, Dickinson Gallery and Leila Heller Gallery.

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    Joanna Szymkowiak

    Specialist, Vice President

    Joanna Szymkowiak

    Specialist, Vice President

    jszymkowiak@christies.com+1 212 974 4440

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    Emily Kaplan

    Specialist, Vice President

    Emily Kaplan

    Specialist, Vice President

    EKaplan@christies.com+1 212 484 4802

    Emily Kaplan is a Vice President and Specialist within the Christie’s Post-War & Contemporary Art Department, and is the Head of the Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sales in New York. Prior to joining Christies in 2018, she worked at another international auction house for seven years where she most recently held the post of Head of Contemporary Curated. Emily has spent most of her career focused on the Day, Midseason and Online sales of Post-War and Contemporary Art, so she is well versed in these markets. 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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    Alexander Berggruen

    Specialist, Associate Vice President

    Alexander Berggruen

    Specialist, Associate Vice President

    aberggruen@christies.com+1 212 636 2373

    Alex Berggruen, Specialist, Associate Vice President, Head of Afternoon Session in Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Art department, is responsible for managing the conception and execution of the contemporary-focused headline day sales in New York. In this role he drives valuations, consignments, catalogue production, exhibition installation, sale management, and private sales.
    
    Alex initially joined Christie’s in May 2014 within the Impressionist & Modern Art department, where he researched, catalogued, appraised and consigned works of art for the department’s Evening and Day Sales, as well as top-valued works for the department’s Private Sales channel. He also drove the department’s business-getting efforts in drafting proposals for consignment and liaising with clients to provide market updates and valuation analyses.
    
    Alex graduated from Yale University in 2010 with a B.A. in History. During his undergraduate years, he was selected to serve as a Yale Art Gallery Tour Guide, for which he provided tours on material culture in Modern and Post-War works by artists such as Kurt Schwitters and Willem de Kooning.

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    Alessandro Diotallevi

    Specialist, Associate Vice President

    Alessandro Diotallevi

    Specialist, Associate Vice President

    adiotallevi@christies.com+1 212 636 2926

    Alessandro Diotallevi is a Specialist in the Post-War & Contemporary Art department in New York. He started his career as a researcher in Christie’s London office, 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. 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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    Rachael White

    Associate Specialist

    Rachael White

    Associate Specialist

    RRWhite@christies.com+1 212 974 4556

    Rachael White is an Associate Specialist and Head of the Post-War & Contemporary Morning Sale in New York. Previously, she served as Co-Head of the Post-War & Contemporary Midseason and Online auctions, where in March 2018, she oversaw a record sale total of $21.8M.
    
    Rachel joined the Post-War & Contemporary department at Christie’s in September 2012, beginning her career in the office of a Deputy Chairman, where she oversaw the management of more than $300 million worth of art.
    
    Rachel earned a Masters of Fine Arts, with a focus in Fine & Decorative Arts, from the Sotheby’s Institute in London. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and European Studies from Vanderbilt University, with a Minor in History of Art.

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    Kathryn Widing

    Associate Specialist

    Kathryn Widing

    Associate Specialist

    kwiding@christies.com+1 212 636 2109

    Kathryn Widing, Associate Specialist, Head of Sale, Post-War and Contemporary Art, is responsible for the department’s highly successful mid-season sales in March, July, September and December. 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 female and under-recognized artists. She also assists the department in business-getting initiatives and client communications for both auction and private sales. She joined Christie’s in October 2014 as a cataloguer for the e-commerce sales 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 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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    Noah Davis

    Associate Specialist

    Noah Davis

    Associate Specialist

    NDavis@christies.com+1 212 468 7173

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    Michael Baptist

    Junior Specialist

    Michael Baptist

    Junior Specialist

    MBaptist@christies.com+1 212 636 2660

• London

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    Edmond Francey

    International Director

    Edmond Francey

    International Director

    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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    Leonie Mir

    Director, Senior Specialist

    Leonie Mir

    Director, Senior Specialist

    lmir@christies.com+44 207 389 2012

    Leonie Moschner is a Senior Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Department. After having graduated from photography school (Bayerische Staatslehranstalt fur Photographie) in Munich, Leonie started her career as a photographer, first living in Madrid and later in Portugal and New York. She returned to Munich, where she became involved with helping young artists and then eventually joined Thaddaeus Ropac’s gallery in Paris in 1998, where she became a Sales Director. She moved on to Phillips de Pury in 2005, where she set up their Paris offices as a Senior Specialist. Leonie then joined Christies in December 2011. Leonie specialises in international Contemporary Art, with a strong passion for Post-War Art, and has worked closely with artists including Jack Pierson, Alex Katz, Anselm Kiefer and Georg Baselitz. Leonie is working with a number of international collectors to build museum collections. ‘Finding perfect works for clients, helping them to give their collections direction and focus, is what’s best about my job,’ she says. A German national, she speaks German, French, English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

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    Alice de Roquemaurel

    Senior Director, Head of Private Sales

    Alice de Roquemaurel

    Senior Director, Head of Private Sales

    aderoquemaurel@christies.comTel: +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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    Beatriz Ordovas

    Senior Specialist, Europe

    Beatriz Ordovas

    Senior Specialist, Europe

    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.

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    Cristian Albu

    Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art London

    Cristian Albu

    Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art London

    calbu@christies.com+44 (0)20 7752 3006

    A Senior Specialist and Director in the Post-War and Contemporary Art in London, Cristian Albu joined Christie’s in 2012. With 12 years of experience in the international contemporary art market, five years respectively in Client & Business Development and Contemporary Department with another international auction house, during which he oversaw the expanding business and client strategy in Asia, Turkey and Russia, working closely with the Chairman’s Group of those regions, since joining Christie’s, Cristian has been responsible for 10 highly successful auction seasons in London. Throughout the summer of 2015, Cristian curated the private and museum loan exhibition Reflections on the Self, at Mayfair Christie’s, a survey of self-portraiture from 1500 to the present, from Albert Durer to Thomas Struth, from Henry Matisse and Marcel Duchamp to Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon, Cindy Sherman and Gerhard Richter. In July 2016, Cristian was closely connected to the Defining British Art: Evening Sale, curated as part of the celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the company, which resulted in an outstanding number of world records for artists across the generations. The diverse works of art represented provided a journey through British art over four centuries and raised $140million. Most recently Cristian was the Head of October Evening sale which double its low estimate and created new world records for 8 artists, the incontestable start of the night being the Romanian artist Adrian Ghenie, selling over six times the estimate reaching a whopping $9million mark.
    
    Cristian graduated with a First Class Degree from Low Danube University with a BA in International Economic Relations. He went on to complete his 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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    Katharine Arnold

    International Director, Head of Evening Sale

    Katharine Arnold

    International Director, Head of Evening Sale

    karnold@christies.com+44 20 7389 2024

    Katharine Arnold is Director and specialist Head of Evening Auction, Post-War & Contemporary Art, London. She graduated with first class honours from the University of Oxford in 2006, gaining master’s degrees in both International Relations at the London School of Economics in 2007 and Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2009. Prior to joining Christie’s she worked in Global Equity Sales at Merrill Lynch in London.
    
    Katharine began her career at Christie’s in 2010 and has always been dedicated to the Evening Auction: first, with a focus on research and scholarly writing for the auction catalogues and then as a specialist. She authored and designed many of the major vanity catalogues to accompany the sale of record breaking works in London. In 2013, Katharine was responsible for writing and creating the 200 page book which accompanied the sale of Three Studies of Lucian Freud (1969) by Francis Bacon, which made the world record for any work of art at auction selling for $142million.
    
    Katharine has worked on 18 successful auction seasons in London including several important single owner collections. Most recently she has been responsible for the Leslie Waddington Collection auction at Christie’s which sold 100% by lot and 100% by value. She was also head of sale for the Essl: 44 Works single owner collection auction, which represents the highest pre-sale value, single owner collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art, ever to be offered at auction in Europe. In July 2014, Katharine was closely connected to the successful sale of Tracey Emin’s My Bed, which resulted in an outstanding result of £2.5million, more than 3 times the low estimate and six times higher than the artist’s previous record. In 2014, she also helped to raise over £1.2million through a live charitable auction for Kevin Spacey’s The Old Vic Theatre in London, serving to secure the theatre’s future improvements and education programme.

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    Leonie Grainger

    Director, Senior Specialist

    Leonie Grainger

    Director, Senior Specialist

    lgrainger@christies.com+44 (0)20 7389 2946

    Leonie Grainger is a Director, Senior Specialist overseeing the Post-War section in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department at Christie’s in London, having joined in January 2011. Leonie was closely involved with the sale of Jeff Koons’ Tulips in November 2012 that set the world record price at auction of $33.6 million for the artist. Her area of focus includes European Post-War Art as well as Contemporary German painting by artists such as Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke and Neo Rauch. Previously she worked for Waddington Galleries in London. A German national, she studied History of Art and Cultural Studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin, the University of Bologna and the University of Bordeaux. This included a distinction for her thesis on Contemporary Video Art. She also holds a Master’s degree in Arts Management from City University London. Parallel to her studies, Leonie worked for museums throughout Europe such as the Tate Modern in London, CAPC in Bordeaux and the Cineteca in Bologna. Leonie is fluent in English, German, French and Italian.

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    Zoë Klemme

    Associate Director, Specialist

    Zoë Klemme

    Associate Director, Specialist

    zklemme@christies.com+44 (0)20 7389 2249

    Zoë Klemme is Head of First Open LDN in the Post War and Contemporary Department. 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.

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    Alexandra Werner

    Associate Director, Specialist

    Alexandra Werner

    Associate Director, Specialist

    awerner@christies.com+44 20 7389 2713

    Alexandra Werner is a Junior Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department in London, having joined Christie’s in October 2011. For the past three years, Alexandra has worked on numerous auctions in both London and New York, on both Evening and Day sales. She now focuses on the contemporary section of the Day Sale. More recently, she oversaw the Michael Clark Charity section offered in the February 2014 Day Auction. Having a particular interest in Belgian contemporary artists, such as Michael Borremans and Luc Tuymans, she also works very closely with the Christie’s team in Belgium. She has a Bachelor in Law from the Université Paris II - Pantheon Assas as well as a Masters in Art Business. A French national, Alexandra is fluent in French and English.

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    Paola Saracino Fendi

    Associate Director, Specialist

    Paola Saracino Fendi

    Associate Director, Specialist

    pfendi@christies.com+44 207 389 2796

    Paola Saracino Fendi is a Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department in London. She joined the department in 2013 as a Cataloguer for the Private Sales office after working in Christie’s New York office. Since then, Paola has worked in Private Sales at our private galleries (Haunch of Venison and Christie’s Mayfair) assisting on curated exhibitions and in Evening & Day Auctions. Having lived in New York, Paris, Lugano and London, she is fluent in French, English, Italian and Spanish. Paola received a BA in History of Art and Architecture and French from Boston University and her MA in History of Modern and Contemporary Art and the Art Market. With her background in the company she has combined her curating and thematic creativity with her market knowledge to innovate our Online-Only platform within the Post-War & Contemporary Department with single-owner auctions, thematic sales, charities and other unique collaborations.

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    Tessa Lord

    Specialist

    Tessa Lord

    Specialist

    tlord@christies.com+44 (0)20 7389 2683

    Tessa Lord is Junior Specialist, Evening Auction in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department in London. Having joined Christie’s in February 2013, Tessa has worked on various aspects of the Evening auction catalogue including research, writing and copyright as well as running the proposals for upcoming business. Tessa 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, with a particular focus on the practice of Gerhard Richter.

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    Anna Touzin

    Associate Specialist

    Anna Touzin

    Associate Specialist

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

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    Claudia Schürch

    Associate Specialist

    Claudia Schürch

    Associate Specialist

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

• Amsterdam

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    Benthe Tupker

    Head of Department

    Benthe Tupker

    Head of Department

    btupker@christies.com+31 (0)20 5 75 52 42

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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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    Elvira Jansen

    Associate Specialist

    Elvira Jansen

    Associate Specialist

    ejansen@christies.com+31 20 575 5286

• Brussels

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    Peter van der Graaf

    Head of Department, Associate Director

    Peter van der Graaf

    Head of Department, Associate Director

    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.

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    Pauline Haon

    Specialist

    Pauline Haon

    Specialist

    phaon@christies.com

• Cologne

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    Nina Kretzschmar

    Specialist

    Nina Kretzschmar

    Specialist

    nkretzschmar@christies.com+49 170 769 5890

• Dubai

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    Hala Khayat

    Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art, Dubai

    Hala Khayat

    Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art, Dubai

    hkhayat@christies.com+971 4 375 9006

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    Suzy Sikorski

    Junior Specialist

    Suzy Sikorski

    Junior Specialist

    SSikorski@christies.com

• Dusseldorf

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    Arno Verkade

    Managing Director Christie’s Germany, Business Development

    Arno Verkade

    Managing Director Christie’s Germany, Business Development

    averkade@christies.com

    Arno Verkade is a Managing Director at Christie’s in Germany. 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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    Herrad Schorn

    International Director

    Herrad Schorn

    International Director

    hschorn@christies.com+49 (0)211 491 5930

    Herrad Schorn, is a Director and Senior Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department, having joined Christie’s in 1997. During her time at Christie’s Herrad has built up strong relationships with clients in Germany and Austria and was instrumental in securing major consignments of works by Kippenberger, Twombly as well as Gerhard Richter such as the Liebespaar which was the world record painting by the artist at the time. Herrad plays a central role in Christie’s Germany securing key works for the Post-War and Contemporary Art auctions in London and New York. She travels extensively, sourcing objects for sale and introducing works of art to perspective buyers and meets regularly with the most important collectors, curators and members of the trade in Germany. She also played an important role in tailoring the highly successful sale of works from the Goetz Collection for charity projects. Prior to joining Christie’s, Herrad established her career at the Museum Folkwang in Essen and in several German institutions specialising in 20th century art. Herrad holds an M.A. in Art History, Philosophy and German literature with distinction from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. A German national, Herrad speaks German and English.

• Geneva

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    Anne Lamunière

    Specialist

    Anne Lamunière

    Specialist

    alamuniere@christies.com+41 (0)22 319 1710

• Hong Kong

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    Eric Chang (張丁元)

    Chairman, Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art

    Eric Chang (張丁元)

    Chairman, Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art

    acahk@christies.com+852 2978 9983

    Based in Hong Kong, Eric Chang is Deputy Chairman of Christie's Asia and International Director of Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art. Since joining Christie’s in 2001, Eric has been the driving force in helping Asian art to gain international recognition.
    
    Under Eric’s leadership, Christie’s Hong Kong pioneered a sale entirely devoted to Asian contemporary art in 2004. In May 2008, the first-ever Evening Sale of Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art was introduced to the sale calendar in Hong Kong.
    
    The category was further expanded when Southeast Asian art was integrated into the sale in 2011, with masterpieces placed alongside those from China, Japan and Korean artists. This integration – a first for any international auction house – completed the consolidation of contemporary and modern art from different regions of Asia to create a pan-Asian category that paralleled its Western counterpart.
    
    In autumn 2016, Eric introduced The Pioneers, a meticulously curated sale of works by Asian avant-garde masters in November 2016. He drew in record prices for Sanyu’s Chrysanthèmes dans un vase en verre (Chrysanthemums in a glass vase), which realised HK$103.5 million/US$13.4 million, setting the world record for the artist’s floral still life, and Chu Teh-Chun’s Vertige Neigeux (Snowy Vertigo), which achieved a world record of HK$91.8 million/US$11.8 million for the artist.
    
    In spring 2017, Eric introduced Contemporaries: Voices from the East and West , challenging the traditional evening sale concept, by converging works from Western Post-war and Contemporary as well as Asian 20th century and Contemporary artists. In the same sale he helped set a new world record for Zao Wou-Ki, which was once again broken in Christie’s autumn sale of the same year, when 29.01.64 achieved HK$202.6 million/US$26 million. As of November 2017, Eric has led the department to achieve a total of over 140 world auction records for Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian artists.
    
    Born in Taiwan, Eric worked at Dimension Art Gallery and New Age Art Gallery prior to joining Christie’s and has more than 25 years of experience in the field of Asian art. He travels extensively to source for auctions and private sales, as well as introducing artworks to prospective buyers all around the world. Eric speaks fluent Mandarin and English.

• Madrid

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    Guillermo Cid

    Specialist

    Guillermo Cid

    Specialist

    gcid@christies.com+34 91 532 6627

    Guillermo Cid is a Junior Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department at Christie’s, having joined the team in 2010. Guillermo works on the Day Auction and has assumed responsibility of researching and cataloguing four auctions. Guillermo works very closely with the Christie’s team in Belgium as well as the rest of the International Specialists on a number of valuations for collections, many of which have later come to auction. After studying Spanish Literature at the University of Santiago de Compostela, he worked as a registrar for 18th Century Decorative Arts Galleries. His interest in Contemporary Art developed after completing an Art and Business programme at Sotheby’s Institute in London. His areas of interest include the European Conceptual art scene of the 1960s and 1970s, and artists such as Marcel Broodthaers, Blinky Palermo, Thomas Schutte, Maurizio Cattelan or Michael Borremans. A Spanish national, Guillermo is fluent in Spanish and English.

• Milan

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    Renato Pennisi

    Senior Specialist, Head of Milan Post-War and Contemporary Sale

    Renato Pennisi

    Senior Specialist, Head of Milan Post-War and Contemporary Sale

    rpennisi@christies.com+39 06 686 33 32

    One of the senior members of the EMERI (Europe, Middle East, Russia and India) specialist team of Christie’s, Renato Pennisi is currently working as a Director and Senior Specialist of Modern and Contemporary Art in Christie’s Italy. He joined Christie’s in 2001 as Junior Specialist and was then promoted to the role of Specialist and Co-Head of Milan Sale in 2007.
    
    From 2013, he launched a new sale format called Milan Modern and Contemporary, a monographic sale focused on the most desirable italian artists, which from the beginning reached impressive percentage with over 90% of lots sold (and an historical result in 2015 with 100% sold).
    
    In this role, Renato achieved some of the best international auction results with artists as Lucio Fontana (sold to a private client in March 2018 for £ 8,671,250; and in October 2018 for £ 16,282,823, currently the third highest price for the artist), Piero Manzoni (sold to a private client in April 2018 for € 2,970,000 which is the highest sale result for a work of art sold in Italy), Emilio Vedova (sold to a private client in November 2008 for € 731,600, setting the artist’s record price at the time of auction), as well as Giorgio Morandi (sold to a private client in October 2015 for £ 2,546,500, currently the second highest price for the artist), Umberto Boccioni (sold to a private client in November 2007 for € 1,866,950, setting the world record price for a work on paper by the artist) and Francis Bacon (sold to a private client in May 2017 $ 49,812,500).

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    Laura Garbarino

    Senior Specialist

    Laura Garbarino

    Senior Specialist

    lgarbarino@christies.com+39 339 4789671

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    Barbara Guidotti

    Specialist

    Barbara Guidotti

    Specialist

    bguidotti@christies.com+39 02 303 283 33

    Barbara Guidotti is a Specialist in the Modern and Contemporary Art Department at Christie’s in Milan. Barbara joined Christie’s in 2007 and works on auctions in Milan and the Italian Sale in London. She deals with international teams of Impressionist and Modern and Post-War and Contemporary Art, helping with cataloguing, expertise and gathering for abroad sales. Before she joined Christie’s, Barbara studied History of Art at Università Cattolica in Milan. An Italian national, Barbara is fluent in Italian and English.

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    Elena Zaccarelli

    Specialist

    Elena Zaccarelli

    Specialist

    ezaccarelli@christies.com+39 02 303 28332

    Elena Zaccarelli is a Specialist in the Modern and Contemporary Art Department at Christie’s in Milan. Elena joined Christie’s in 2010 and works on auctions in Milan and the Italian Sale in London. She deals with international teams of Impressionist and Modern and Post-War and Contemporary Art, helping with cataloguing, expertise and gathering for abroad 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.

• Moscow

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    Zain Talyarkhan

    Director

    Zain Talyarkhan

    Director

    ztalyarkhan@christies.com+7 495 937 6364

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    Daria Evtyukhova

    Administrator

    Daria Evtyukhova

    Administrator

    devtyukhova@christies.com+7 495 937 6364

• Munich

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    Tobias Sirtl

    Specialist

    Tobias Sirtl

    Specialist

    Tsirtl@christies.com+49 0151 2013 0616

• Paris

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    Laëtitia Bauduin

    Head of Department

    Laëtitia Bauduin

    Head of Department

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

    Laëtitia Bauduin 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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    Paul Nyzam

    Specialist Head of Evening Auction

    Paul Nyzam

    Specialist Head of Evening Auction

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

    With a Master’s degree in strategy and finance from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Paris, Paul Nyzam continued his studies at HEC where he did a specialised master’s degree in Media, Art and Creation. He joined Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art department in London in 2010. Joining Christie’s Paris in 2011, he was in charge of the relationship with experts and collectors in Paris and the surrounding regions. He became specialist associate and assisted Laetitia Bauduin with several important sales like that of a part of the Stadler collection in June 2013 which achieved a new world auction record for an artwork by Shiraga with Chiretsusei Katsusemba at €1,600,000.

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    Etienne Sallon

    Specialist, Head of Day Sale

    Etienne Sallon

    Specialist, Head of Day Sale

    esallon@christies.com+33 (0)1 40 76 86 03

    With a background in Law, History and History of Art, Etienne received a master’s degree in Art Market from Sorbonne University. He first joined Christie’s in 2012 and was appointed his current role, focusing on auction and business development, in 2015.
    
    Etienne has achieved exceptional results for important modern and contemporary artists both in France and globally. In June 2017, he oversaw the record-breaking total, at €9,564,725, achieved for any Day Sale for the category in Paris. Etienne was involved in key consignments including an Alexander Calder mobile from the Agnès Varda Collection, sold for US$2,592,126, and a large-scale painting by Jean Paul Riopelle, La Promenade, which, at US$1,241,165, established a record for a 1960’s work by the artist. Internationally, Etienne actively participated in organising Christie’s first Western Post-War & Contemporary Art auction in Shanghai in September 2017.
    
    Combining his passion and academic pursuits in art, Etienne is also involved in compiling essays for catalogues and has contributed to our Private Sales exhibitions, including Un art autre (artistes autour de Michel Tapié) in 2012 and Voir Paris : Une aventure chinoise in 2017

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    Ekaterina Klimochkina

    Associate Specialist

    Ekaterina Klimochkina

    Associate Specialist

    eklim@christies.com+33 1 40 76 84 34

    Ekaterina is a Junior Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Department in Paris. She graduated with honors from Moscow State Lomonosov University in 2009, and continued her studies in art history at the École du Louvre in Paris, with particular focus on French New Realism and works of Yves Klein and Martial Raysse. She also holds a Master’s degree in Management from the HEC Business School. She joined Christie’s in 2014, in charge of cataloguing, scholarly research and writing for Contemporary Art Evening and Day sales. She quickly took on her present role as Junior Specialist focusing on expanding the network of international clients. A Russian native, Katia is fluent in Russian, English and French.

• Rome

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    Mariolina Bassetti

    Chairman Italy, Head of Southern Europe Post-War & Contemporary Art

    Mariolina Bassetti

    Chairman Italy, Head of Southern Europe Post-War & Contemporary Art

    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

    Senior Specialist, Head of Milan Post-War and Contemporary Sale

    Renato Pennisi

    Senior Specialist, Head of Milan Post-War and Contemporary Sale

    rpennisi@christies.com+39 06 686 33 32

    One of the senior members of the EMERI (Europe, Middle East, Russia and India) specialist team of Christie’s, Renato Pennisi is currently working as a Director and Senior Specialist of Modern and Contemporary Art in Christie’s Italy. He joined Christie’s in 2001 as Junior Specialist and was then promoted to the role of Specialist and Co-Head of Milan Sale in 2007.
    
    From 2013, he launched a new sale format called Milan Modern and Contemporary, a monographic sale focused on the most desirable italian artists, which from the beginning reached impressive percentage with over 90% of lots sold (and an historical result in 2015 with 100% sold).
    
    In this role, Renato achieved some of the best international auction results with artists as Lucio Fontana (sold to a private client in March 2018 for £ 8,671,250; and in October 2018 for £ 16,282,823, currently the third highest price for the artist), Piero Manzoni (sold to a private client in April 2018 for € 2,970,000 which is the highest sale result for a work of art sold in Italy), Emilio Vedova (sold to a private client in November 2008 for € 731,600, setting the artist’s record price at the time of auction), as well as Giorgio Morandi (sold to a private client in October 2015 for £ 2,546,500, currently the second highest price for the artist), Umberto Boccioni (sold to a private client in November 2007 for € 1,866,950, setting the world record price for a work on paper by the artist) and Francis Bacon (sold to a private client in May 2017 $ 49,812,500).

• Zürich

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    René Lahn

    Senior Specialist

    René Lahn

    Senior Specialist

    rlahn@christies.com+41 (0)44 268 1021

    Rene Lahn is a Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Department in Zurich, having joined Christie’s in 2006. Prior to Christie’s, Rene worked at the Lisson Gallery and as a Director of Galerie Hauser and Wirth und Presenhuber and Galerie Eva Presenhuber. Rene holds a degree in History of Art and Business Management and a Masters in Fine Art Management and Creative Curating from Goldsmiths College. A Swiss national, Rene is fluent in German, French and English

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    Jutta Nixdorf

    Senior Specialist

    Jutta Nixdorf

    Senior Specialist

    jnixdorf@christies.com+41 44 268 10 10

    With 15 years in the Art market, both in the auction world and as an advisor and dealer, Jutta Nixdorf brings extensive experience to bear. Having initially worked for Christie’s in Stuttgart & Berlin, Jutta then moved as a Specialist for Contemporary Art to Phillips de Pury & Company, first in Berlin and then to Gallery de Pury & Luxembourg in Zurich as Director. Since 2009 she has been a private advisor and dealer specialising in Post War & Contemporary Art, as well as Director of the More Gallery in Giswil, Switzerland.