Emmanuelle Chan
Co-Head, 20/21 Evening Sale | Modern & Contemporary Art, Asia Pacific
Based in Hong Kong, Emmanuelle Chan is Head of Day and Online Sales and Specialist for the 20th and 21st Century Art Department at Christie's Asia Pacific.
Before heading the Day Sales, Emmanuelle led what became the most valuable online sale at the time across all categories in Asia, as well as the first white-glove Contemporary art online sale in Asia, both in 2020. Under her leadership, the curation of the 20th Century Art Day sale has grown to include many more Western artists, including a single-artist sale dedicated to Marc Chagall which achieved HK$74.4 million / US$9.5 million and was 100% sold.
Prior to joining Christie’s in Hong Kong, Emmanuelle was based at Christie’s in Paris where her focus was on sourcing Modern and Contemporary works of art from European collections for auction in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Emmanuelle graduated from the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne with a double degree in Law and Art History, an MA in Art Market and a research MA in Art History, with a thesis on Chinese-born French artist Zao Wou-Ki. She also holds a BA in Chinese language and civilization from INALCO, Paris. Emmanuelle is fluent in English, French and Mandarin Chinese.
Before heading the Day Sales, Emmanuelle led what became the most valuable online sale at the time across all categories in Asia, as well as the first white-glove Contemporary art online sale in Asia, both in 2020. Under her leadership, the curation of the 20th Century Art Day sale has grown to include many more Western artists, including a single-artist sale dedicated to Marc Chagall which achieved HK$74.4 million / US$9.5 million and was 100% sold.
Prior to joining Christie’s in Hong Kong, Emmanuelle was based at Christie’s in Paris where her focus was on sourcing Modern and Contemporary works of art from European collections for auction in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Emmanuelle graduated from the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne with a double degree in Law and Art History, an MA in Art Market and a research MA in Art History, with a thesis on Chinese-born French artist Zao Wou-Ki. She also holds a BA in Chinese language and civilization from INALCO, Paris. Emmanuelle is fluent in English, French and Mandarin Chinese.
