Annie Pereira is an art historian and advisor with experience in both institutional and commercial contexts. She began her career as a researcher at the Wellcome Collection, specialising in archival and conservation practices in the Iconographic department of the museum. She then moved on to roles within creative consulting and galleries, reaching the level of Manager and Associate Director. She spearheaded the global expansion of a Mayfair-based contemporary art gallery, overseeing post-war & contemporary art exhibitions and fairs globally. She holds an Art History and Material Studies degree from University College London as well as a Diploma in Music Performance from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
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Katrina Khvesenya
Katrina Khvesenya is an art historian. She graduated in History of Art from University College London and obtained an MA degree from the Courtauld Institute of Art, where she specialised in collecting and curating practices. Her interests centre around modern and contemporary art from West Asia and North Africa.
Wills Baker
Wills Baker is an accomplished global arts specialist and curator who began his career at Hauser & Wirth in 2013 and has since held positions at White Cube, London and Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery. His portfolio includes projects for clients such as The Zabludowicz Collection, The Swiss Institute and Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich. Baker served as Senior Art Advisor to Goldman Sachs EVP, leading acquisitions and curating a significant collection of 20th-century Japanese Art from 2014 to 2019. Baker’s exhibitions have been included in publications such as Purple Magazine and Art Observed. He holds a joint MA in Business Innovation and Art History from NYU, with previous research positions in Material Culture at Bard Graduate Center and Columbia University.
Dr Jérôme Neutres
Dr Jérôme Neutres is an independent curator and consultant, working with public authorities and private foundations to define their strategy and realise art and museum projects. In 2023 he was named Officier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. He was for ten years a director at the Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais, and he served as president of the Musée du Luxembourg. As chief curator at the Grand Palais in Paris, he produced and curated several acclaimed exhibitions both at his institution and in other museums internationally. He holds a PhD in Semiotics of text and image from the University of Paris.
Dr David Anfam †
Dr David Anfam was a British art writer, curator, lecturer, and leading authority on American painting. He was the Senior Consulting Curator at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver and the Director of its Research Center. He authored several landmark publications, notably including the catalogue raisonné of Mark Rothko. For nearly two decades, he was Commissioning Editor for Fine Art at Phaidon Press. He served as the Henry Luce Visiting Professor in American Art at Brandeis University and has acted as an external PhD examiner for several universities, including NYU and St Andrews. He delivered lectures at universities and museums globally, including Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, the MoMA, Tate Modern, and the National Portrait Gallery. He curated a vast exhibition on Abstract Expressionism at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Ryan Poon
Ryan is an art collector and consultant focussed on emerging art. He holds a degree in Economics from King’s College and a masters in Art Business from the Sotheby’s Institute. He supports various contemporary art institutions including Tate and the Serpentine. Ryan is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese.
Andreas Siegfried
Andreas Siegfried is an independent art advisor with a focus on emerging artists in Europe and the Americas. Based between the UK and Switzerland, he previously worked at Art Basel, White Cube and Christie's.
Elmerice Habsburg-Lothringen
Elmerice Habsburg-Lothringen is a contemporary art consultant based between London and Vienna, working with institutions and private entities in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. She previously worked at the Fine Art Group, a leading art investment and advisory house.
Gwen Bautista
Gwen Bautista is a curator and an art writer based in Manila, Philippines. She is an alumna of Para Site’s Workshops for Emerging Arts Professionals in Hong Kong and a fellow of the EDI Global platform organised by Fondazione Morra Greco in Naples. She was a finalist at the Ateneo Art Awards, Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prizes in Art Criticism (2019) and is the Director of the Manila-based contemporary art space MONO8. Gwen represents Artvisor in South East Asia and curated the exhibition "Under construction. Manila Today" for Artvisor in London in 2018.
Marco Alazraki
Marco Alazraki was previously the Managing Director of an asset management firm and now works at a multi-family office in Switzerland. Marco has 12 years of experience in private wealth advisory and assists clients with the management of their assets, including alternative investments.
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