Florence Alexandre
Senior Specialist
Paris Office
+33 (0)1 42 86 67 16
FAlexandre@artnet.fr
Florence Alexandre has over 15 years of experience in all aspects of the art market. Dealing with sales and acquisitions at David Gill Galleries and Themes & Variations in London, she has been in close contact with artists and collectors. She then worked with auction houses, such as Sotheby's, Artcurial, and Phillips de Pury & Company, where she organized sales in London and New York City with a particular focus on Contemporary Design. Her knowledge of the art market has led her to give lectures at major art schools in Paris and London, advise private collectors on acquisitions, and assist corporations and artists in the development of their sales, auctions, and collections.
Adria Blouin
Associate, Contemporary Art
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 698
ABlouin@artnet.com
Adria Blouin specializes in Modern and Contemporary Art. Prior to joining artnet, she was involved in various positions at institutions, such as the Saatchi Gallery in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. She received her MA from Christie's Education in London, focusing on art, style, and design from the Renaissance to Modern periods, including a graduate thesis in arms and armor. She also holds a BA in Art History and History, with a Classics concentration from Roanoke College, Salem, VA.
Shawna Brickley
Specialist, Impressionist and Modern Art
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 162
SBrickley@artnet.com
Shawna Stoller Brickley specializes in American, Impressionist, and Modern Art, with a concentration in works on paper. With over 15 years of field experience, her career began at Skinner Auctioneers, Inc. in Boston, MA, while still in graduate school. Subsequently, she spent more than a decade as the senior specialist and cataloger in the prints and drawings department at Swann Galleries Auction House in New York City. She received a BA from Wheaton College in Norton, MA, and a MA from Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, and is an avid collector of “curios and objects d’art.”
Mary Buschman
Specialist, Modern and Contemporary Art
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 170
MBuschman@artnet.com
Mary Buschman is a specialist in Modern and Contemporary Art with a focus on Contemporary photography and American Modern Art. She has over 12 years of experience in the art world. She has worked at Gagosian Gallery and Michael Werner Gallery, and in 2006, founded her own art gallery, Skylight Fine Art, in Keene Valley, NY. As an art dealer and gallery owner, she has appraised art collections, organized private sales, and fostered numerous collaborative art initiatives. Her educational background includes a BA in Art History from Williams College, Williamstown, MA, and a master's degree from the Sotheby's Institute of Art, London. She also holds a law degree from Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY, and is an admitted member of the New York Bar Association.
Anna Button
Associate, Photography
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 797
AButton@artnet.com
Anna Button received her BA in Art History and Writing from Ithaca College, NY, in 2010. While at Ithaca, she worked as an archivist in the art history department's Visual Resource Collection. Most recently, she was an assistant to the artist Mariko Mori, helping manage her studio as well as her non-profit organization, Faou Foundation.
Leah Grant
Account Coordinator
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 127
LGrant@artnet.com
Leah Grant provides extensive support to artnet Auctions as a member of the client services team. She holds a BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Photography from Miami University in Oxford, OH. Prior to joining artnet, Leah studied French at La Sorbonne in Paris, and worked in archiving at the Kandinsky Library in the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Ben Hanly
Specialist, Modern and Contemporary Art
London Office
+44 (0)20 7729 0824
BHanly@artnet.com
Ben Hanly is a Modern and Contemporary Art specialist with over 15 years of experience working in the UK and on the international art market. With master degrees from Trinity College Dublin and the Courtauld Institute of Art London, he started his career at the Dover Street Gallery, specializing in European Old Masters and Viennese Secessionist Art. He later transferred into the Contemporary Art market where he curated over 100 projects with many of the UK’s leading public art institutions, galleries, and artists. In 2006, he joined the auction house Lyon & Turnbull as head of the Modern and Contemporary Art department. There he played a decisive role in securing and overseeing the sale of the Deloitte Collection in 2008, the Chen Collection, and the legendary Soho Colony Room Club in 2009.
Kimberly Herder
Senior Account Coordinator
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 112
KHerder@artnet.com
Kimberly Herder has experience working in a variety of non-profit arts organizations, and graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA, with a double major in Business and Studio Art. One of her drawings was recently added to Franklin and Marshall College permanent collection.
Halie Jorgensen
Associate, Prints and Multiples
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 163
HJorgensen@artnet.com
Halie Jorgensen graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Art History. She participated in internships at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and at Foley Gallery in New York City.
Clémence de Joussineau
Specialist, Modern and Contemporary Art
Paris Office
+33 (0)1 42 86 67 17
CdeJoussineau@artnet.com
Clémence de Joussineau is a specialist in Modern and Contemporary Art with a special focus on European Modern Art. Fluent in French, Spanish, and English, she has previously worked as exhibition assistant at both the Palais de Versailles and the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris. She was cataloguer for the Christian Baulez Collection of Versailles book, entitled Versailles Palace, Two Art History Centenaries. She earned her master’s degree from the Sorbonne University, and has trained with artnet Auctions as assistant in the Modern and Contemporary Art department.
Silvia Koch
Account Coordinator
Berlin Office
+49 (0)30 20 91 78 50
SKoch@artnet.de
Silvia Koch has been overseeing European clients for artnet since 2007. Having earned a diploma in Museums Studies, she has worked for the Museum der Arbeit in Hamburg and for Rohkunstbau in Berlin, as well as internationally-renowned art galleries, such as Galerie Christian Nagel and Arndt. She has curated numerous Contemporary Art exhibitions and has worked with Berlin-based artists on various projects.
Marie-Kathrin Krimphoff
Senior Specialist, Modern and Contemporary Art
Berlin Office
+49 (0)30 20 91 78 40
MKrimphoff@artnet.de
Marie-Kathrin Krimphoff is a specialist in Modern and Contemporary Art, including photography, design, and prints. She graduated from university with a MA in Art History, Cultural Studies, and Ethnology focusing on 20th century art in the international art market. She started her career as a curatorial assistant at Kunsthalle Bielefeld, and worked later at Felix-Nussbaum-Haus Osnabrück. Subsequently, she worked at Christie’s in client services and as gallery manager at Ketterer Kunst. Taking different career steps, she gathered comprehensive experience and established close relationships with important private collectors, artists, galleries, and institutions around the globe.
Abigail Mackles
Business Manager
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 130
AMackles@artnet.com
Abigail Mackles oversees business operations for artnet Auctions, specializing in data analysis and business strategy. Prior to joining artnet, Abigail worked at Sotheby’s Boston, as well as at a Boston-based exhibition design firm. Abigail holds a BA in Art History and Architectural Studies from Connecticut College, where she curated an exhibition of 20th century prints, entitled New York Illuminated, in 2009.
Gracie Mansion
Senior Specialist, Modern and Contemporary Art
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 494
GMansion@artnet.com
Gracie Mansion has over 20 years of extensive experience in all aspects of the art market, specializing in Modern and Contemporary Art. She has lectured and participated in panels at museums and universities in the United States and Europe. As an independent curator and consultant to private collectors, corporations, and museums, she has advised her clients on acquisitions and assisted them in the development of their art collections. She opened her eponymous gallery in the East Village of New York City in 1982, later moving to SoHo, and then to Chelsea, before closing in 2002 to concentrate on private dealing and the secondary art market.
John McCord
Senior Specialist, Contemporary Art
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 173
JMcCord@artnet.com
John McCord is a specialist in Contemporary Art with a focus on emerging and late Contemporary Art. Studying Fine Art at The Cooper Union in New York City eventually led him to work at the American Fine Arts Gallery as associate director from 2002 to 2005, and at Daniel Reich Gallery as director from 2005 to 2007. He later became a private dealer of Contemporary Art, where he further developed an extensive background working with prominent private and corporate collections, artists, galleries, and curators throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Brittany Noris
Associate, Contemporary Art
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 131
BNoris@artnet.com
Brittany Noris has a wide range of work experience in the art world, from Contemporary Art galleries in New York City to the marketing and partnerships department at AXA Art Insurance in the UK. She holds a BA in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania and recently earned a MA in Art Business from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London.
Suki Park
Associate, artnet Auctions
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 120
SPark@artnet.com
Suki Park specializes in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art. She worked as a curator at PYO gallery in Seoul, Korea, until 2002, where she organized many exhibitions. She also worked as a curator at a leading distribution company, Shinsegae Corporation, in Seoul, Korea, from 2002 to 2007, where she was focused on collection management. She graduated from the Hong-ik University with a BA and a MA in Art History, in Seoul, Korea. She also holds a MA in Art Market: Principles and Practice from the State University of New York (FIT).
Patrick Regan
Specialist, Asian Modern and Contemporary Art
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 175
PRegan@artnet.com
Patrick Regan is a specialist in Contemporary Art with a focus on Asian Art. He holds a MFA, and has taught both Art History and Studio Arts at university level for over five years before moving to Beijing, China, to research the Contemporary Asian Art market, pursuant to his MA in Chinese Studies from the University of Michigan. He has worked in New York City as assistant director of Ethan Cohen Fine Arts from 2007 to 2011, and was recently director of Crossing Art. He continues to regularly hold lectures on Contemporary Art and its markets.
Deborah Ripley
Senior Specialist, Contemporary Art
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 174
DRipley@artnet.com
Deborah Ripley has been an acknowledged print expert for 28 years. After starting at Pace Prints in New York City, she worked at Christie’s in the prints department, and then was the director of numerous fine print ateliers, including Landfall Press and Art of this Century. In addition, she wrote for Art on Paper, a leading magazine on print collecting and connoisseurship. In 2011, she contributed a chapter on printmaking for a manual, entitled Accelerating the Curves: the Artist’s Roadmap for success.
Robin Roche
Vice President, artnet Auctions
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 140
RRoche@artnet.com
Robin Roche oversees all aspects of the artnet Auctions division. She has 15 years of experience on the management side of arts institutions, including nine years at Christie’s where she managed multiple Fine Art and Decorative Art departments. More recently, she managed the New York location of the Gerald Peters Gallery, one of the preeminent galleries in the field of American Art.
Heather Russell
Senior Specialist, Modern and Contemporary Art
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 692
HRussell@artnet.com
Heather Russell is a senior specialist in Modern and Contemporary Art with a focus on blue-chip Contemporary Art, as well as Asian and Indian Contemporary Art. She previously worked at Irvine Contemporary in Washington, D.C., James Cohan Gallery in New York City, Sotheby’s New York, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, in Richmond, VA. She has nearly 20 years of experience in the museum, auction house and gallery worlds. She holds a BFA and an MA in Classical Art History and Doctoral Studies in Art History from The Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, and is a published author and journalist for The International Art Newspaper (2002–2005) and Apollo magazine, in the UK.
Ashilee Schreiber
Operations Specialist
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 694
ASchreiber@artnet.com
Ashilee Schreiber began at artnet Auctions in the photography department. As the operations specialist, she manages the auction lots and is responsible for consistency, accuracy, and transparency on the site. She is also actively involved in business development and client outreach. After seven years of project management in the luxury hotel and tourism industry, she returned to school, completing a MA in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York City. She also holds a BA in Art History cum laude from Pennsylvania State University.
Christopher Sweet
Senior Specialist, Photography
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 165
CSweet@artnet.com
Christopher Sweet holds experience as a writer, editor, publisher, and curator and has worked closely with museums, galleries, photography agencies, artists, and photographers. Previously, he was a publishing associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, senior editor at Harry N. Abrams, Inc., and editor in chief of both Viking Studio (Penguin Group) and the Vendome Press.
Addison Thompson
Photography Consultant
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 479
AThompson@artnet.com
Addison Thompson, photographer and former private dealer, started his career as photography specialist at Phillips Auction in 1986. He holds a MFA from the Rochester Institute of Photography. He pioneered in the development of photographic documentation of Conceptual and Performance Art in the late 20th century. His photographic compositions of an archaic boatman canoeing on the Hudson River are displayed at the US Post Office, Cooper Station in Manhattan, New York City. He currently lives with his wife and daughter in the East Village, in New York City.
Molly Thrailkill
Senior Cataloguer, Photography
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 799
MThrailkill@artnet.com
Molly Thrailkill graduated magna cum laude in 2009 from Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, with a double concentration in French and Art and Art History. She participated in internships at the Picker Art Gallery, in Hamilton, NY, at Lori Bookstein Fine Art and Blue Medium Inc., in New York City.
Susanna Wenniger
Senior Specialist, Photography
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 172
SWenniger@artnet.com
Susanna Wenniger has over 20 years of experience working with Fine Art photography. She was the director of the Laurence Miller Gallery for nine years, and became the senior photography specialist for artnet Online Auctions (now artnet Auctions) in 1999. More recently, she has served as the curator for two important private collections and has also been an advisor to photography collectors.
Eric Winkler
Specialist, Impressionist and Modern Art
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 144
EWinkler@artnet.com
Eric Winkler specializes in prints and unique works from the early 20th century, specifically American Scene and Modern Art. He began his specialist career at Bloomsbury Auctions in New York City, organizing and cataloguing print and photography sales. In addition, Eric has ample experience in the rare and antiquarian book market. He received a BFA from Rutgers University, NJ, and has an enthusiastic interest in new printmaking processes and framing techniques.
Max Wolf
Senior Specialist, Contemporary Art
New York Office
+1–212–497–9700 ext. 399
MWolf@artnet.com
Max Wolf was introduced to Fine Art and Antiques at his family’s Cleveland-based auction house, Wolf’s Fine Art Auctioneers. He worked at the auction house, Doyle New York, and The Manhattan Art and Antique Center before joining The Showplace Antique and Design Center where he oversaw the auction and marketing department for three years. He has been with artnet Auctions as a Modern and Contemporary Art specialist since 2008, specializing in postwar, Pop Art, and Urban Art, as well as in works by emerging and Contemporary artists.