Sotheby's Institute of Art Speaker Series presents Women Leaders of the Art Market

Sotheby's Institute of Art Speaker Series presents:

Women Leaders of the Art Market

Wednesday, September 28, 2016, 7:00-8:00PM, with reception to follow

Sotheby’s Institute of Art

570 Lexington Avenue, 6th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, is delighted to launch a new Speaker Series bringing together leading artists, curators, and art professionals from the art world in a public forum to exchange ideas and to foster an open dialogue about the state of the art market and art making today. The inaugural panel discussion, Women Leaders in the Art Market, brings together contemporary art market influencers, Marianne Boesky of the Marianne Boesky Gallery, Amy Cappellazzo, Chairman of Global Fine Arts at Sotheby’s, Elizabeth Dee of the Elizabeth Dee Gallery and Independent Art Fair, and Touria El Glaoui of 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair. This event will coincide with the reopening of the campus after an extensive renovation and expansion. The conversation will be lead by Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, Director, Christine Kuan, who joined the Institute in January 2016 from Artsy.

Founded in 1969, the Sotheby’s Institute of Art is the first and foremost graduate school for the study of art and its markets. With more than 6,000 alumni working internationally in art fairs, galleries, museums, auction houses, and nonprofits, the Institute’s alumni are shaping the future of the art industry. Past guest speakers at the Institute have included artists, such as: Ulay and Jaša, Dan Graham, Alexandre Singh, Glenn Ligon, Sanford Biggers, Carolee Schneemann, Dara Birnbaum, Alfredo Jaar, Ahmed Alsoudani; and art industry experts from Art Basel, Paddle8, Auctionata, Armory Show, Artsy, Whitney Museum, Swiss Institute, MoMA, and others.

Please note that space is limited.

Please note that this event may be filmed, photographed or streamed.