Latin American Art

Kristen France joined the department in 2010, bringing a broad range of experience to the team having held various positions in contemporary art galleries and institutions throughout New York City. As head of the department, Kristen has helped to adapt the category to an ever-evolving market, by broadening the reach of established artists as well as fostering the growth of markets for emerging artists. Most notably, Kristen has been responsible for achieving new records and exceptional prices for works by Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington, Diego Rivera, Fernando Botero, Olga de Amaral, and Tomás Sánchez, among others.

Kristen continues to support the market for Spanish colonial art, and has placed key works from the era in important private collections, foundations and museums across the globe.

In addition to auction, Kristen has also driven important engagement initiatives for Christie’s, most notably, spearheading private sale exhibitions in our regional pop-up galleries, and at our Rockefeller Center location.

Kristen holds a Master’s in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts, and a BA in Art History and Spanish Language and Literature from Duke University.

Marysol Nieves is Vice President and Senior Specialist of Latin American Art at Christie’s New York. In this role, she works with important private, institutional, and museum collections advising on acquisitions and sales both privately and at auction. Since joining in 2011, Marysol has distinguished herself as a rigorous specialist and business getter working on top consignments by such leading modern and contemporary artists as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Wifredo Lam, Remedios Varo, and Ana Mendieta, among others. She has also championed and introduced such previously under recognized women artists to the auction market as Zilia Sánchez, Olga Albizu, Belkis Ayón, and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, and in many instances achieved their top prices at auction. In 2023, she organized Historias/Histories, a private selling exhibition of works by contemporary Latinx artists, the first at an international auction house.

Prior to joining Christie’s she held several positions in the museum and for-profit art sectors, including Senior Curator, Bronx Museum of the Arts; Director of Visual Arts, Americas Society; and Chief Curator, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, as well as Vice President and Specialist, Latin American Art at Sotheby’s in New York.

Diana Bramham brings a broad art historical background to the Latin American Department, having first joined Christie’s in 2009 as a Specialist for 19th Century Paintings in the Old Masters & 19th Century Art Department. Prior to Christie’s, Diana worked as an appraiser at a private art advisory firm specializing in contemporary art and at another auction house in New York. In addition to her work in the art market, Diana has taught undergraduate seminars and surveys in art history at Rutgers University and Pratt Institute. Diana holds a BA in art history from Wesleyan University and a Ph.D. in art history from Rutgers University, where she focused on traveler artists in Latin America. In addition to her role as a Specialist in the Latin American Department, Diana is a Christie’s auctioneer.

Olivia Sherman is the Cataloguer for the Latin American Art Department in New York. She joined Chrisie’s in June of 2022 as Client Development Coordinator to the Chairman Emeritus, and in 2023 moved to support the Office of the President. Since joining the Latin American team, Olivia has taken on a significant role in research and catalogue production for the department. She has enjoyed contributing to appraisals, valuations, and business development in both auction and private sales. Prior to joining Christie’s, Olivia spent five years at a private art advisory in New York, where she supported the acquisition, sale, and management of fine art collections. A fluent Spanish speaker, Olivia regularly engages with collectors, artists, and institutions across the Americas, helping to broaden the international reach of the department.