Art Market Steering Group
The Art Market Steering Group assists the Association in helping to raise awareness of career opportunities in the art trade and to facilitate entry into it. The focus of the Group’s work is on pre-university students, undergraduate students and those interested in making a career transition into the commercial art sector.
This initiative reflects the Association’s broader commitment to support diverse career pathways in art history, and through the work of the Steering Group, we aim to reinforce links between art history and the art market. Among other things, this will entail creating opportunities for mentoring, networking and knowledge exchange.
In summary, the group’s objectives are to:
– build connections between art history and the art market.
– support those seeking careers in the art market.
– promote awareness of the art market as a vital part of the art historical landscape.
Representing a range of perspectives across the art market, members of the Steering Group advise the Association on a voluntary basis and lead on projects and events. The group meets regularly online and collaborates with others across the field through focused initiatives and working groups. We are grateful to our volunteer advisers for their insight, experience and dedication.
If you are interested in joining the group, or would like to propose an initiative, please email info@forarthistory.org.uk. We would be pleased to hear from you.
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Art Market Steering Group Committee:
- Paula Sankoff (Chair) | Senior Sales Director, Victoria Miro Gallery
- Polly Bielecka | Gallery Director, Pangolin London
- Amanda Bryan | Director of Operations, Michael Werner
- Janine Catalano | Culture Sector Consultant & Strategist
- Lucy Charles | Founder of Galerie Betty Charles
- Daniel Crouch | Director of Daniel Crouch Rare Books & Treasurer of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association
- Stephanie Dieckvoss | Co-Convener of the MA in Art and Business at the Courtauld Institute and Senior Lecturer in Art History
- Tom Edwards | Managing Director of Abbott and Holder Ltd.
- Louise Hamlin | Founder, The Art Business Conference
- Abby Hignell | Director, Hignell Gallery Ltd.
- Barbara Lasic | Senior Lecturer, Art and Design History, Sotheby’s Institute of Art
- Cat Manson | Founder of Art Market Mentors
- Toby Monk | Global Recruitment & Engagement Director, Christie’s
- Dotahn Pissarro-Stern | Gallery Manager, Stern Pissarro Gallery
- Claudia Schürch | Senior Specialist Post-War & Contemporary Art, Christies
- Elisa Tosoni | Gallery Manager, CARDI GALLERY LTD