As the art market continues to strengthen and weaken in the various art sectors, this panel discussion considers the current state of the global art market, highlighting the fundamental issues that drive it and considering where its future lies.
Aligned with the Olympia International Fine Art & Antiques Fair, the panel includes leading specialists in the field.
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Faculty
Frances Christie
Frances joined Sotheby’s in 2002 and has been responsible for a wide variety of sales, including Sotheby’s inaugural sale of Postwar and Contemporary Irish Art, the first of its kind worldwide, which established 26 world auction records in the category. Ms Christie graduated with a degree in History of Art from Trinity College, Cambridge, and completed a Master of Arts degree in early 20th Century British and French Art at the Courtauld Institute, London.
Vanessa Curry
Vanessa Curry is the Founder and Director of Fine Art Source which was born from her personal desire to form a sophisticated art advisory service, providing fresh ideas, independent guidance and a highly bespoke service. Vanessa wanted to use her market acumen to help private individuals and families with art acquisition and shed new light on stale collecting ideas. Vanessa has worked for and with some of the most well-respected artists and dealers in the international art community, on important individual collections as well as one-piece sourcing projects. She has worked as a research assistant for a revered specialist in Russian Impressionism and as an in-house consultant for a respected European art dealer. She has also assisted on the foundation of an art investment fund.
Scott Reyburn
Scott has been the London-based art market correspondent for Bloomberg News since 2007. A former lecturer at the National Gallery, he has written extensively on the art market for publications that include
Art + Auction, The Daily Telegraph, Antiques Trade Gazette and the
New Statesman. He is also the author of the book,
The Art of the Impressionists, published in 1997.
Dr. Iain Robertson
In addition to over 100 articles for the arts and national press Iain Robertson writes a column on the art market for the quarterly
Australian Art Market Report. His book,
Understanding International Art Markets and Management, was published in 2005 and a Chinese translation of the book is to appear in 2009. This book was followed by
The Art Business (2008). A third book,
A New Art from Emerging Markets was published in March 2011. Iain is advisor to the Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong, Honorary Director of Education at MoMA Hong Kong and a consultant to the private banking arm of Hana Bank in South Korea.