Rachel Cole is the principal at her New York-based eponymous art advisory firm, which specializes in the acquisition, curation, and placement of contemporary art. She was the first art advisor to join the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2022, and was recognized for placing historically underrepresented and undervalued minority artists (including women, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+) into prominent private and public collections worldwide. Rachel is also the founder/ceo of romulus.art: a visionary, comprehensive platform that provides educational resources, a social forum, and logistical support for both aspi ..read more

Mikaela Milicuri is a Cypriot-born London-based art advisor who specialises in art sales, collection management and investment portfolio development. Having lived in five countries and eight cities, 'she navigates the international art market with confidence and combines her extensive art knowledge and business skills with meaningful industry connections to help her clients build collections which suit their needs and contribute to their wealth.'   Specialising in Contemporary Art and with an emphasis on Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media, and New Media Art, she has placed several works of ..read more

  Aryana Khan leads Frieze’s recently launched membership programme, Frieze 91. She currently oversees membership in London, New York, Los Angeles, and Seoul (due to launch in Spring 2023). Aryana has worked in the art market for just under a decade. Prior to Frieze she spent 6 years working at Sotheby’s in London, where she specialised in modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art, managing client relations and business development projects in the region. Her research interests have focused on building scalable and sustainable growth models of new or developing art markets. Born in Londo ..read more

Milena Berman is originally from San Francisco, California. After studying art history as an undergraduate, she worked at documenta13 in Kassel, Germany in press relations, and then returned home to San Francisco to work for a private photography collection, Pier24. She also worked in commercial and non-profit art galleries before moving to Burgundy in 2013 to work in cultural tourism. For seven years she organized and led travel programs all over the world for donors and boards of trustees of the world’s top cultural institutions such as the Whitney, LACMA, the Serpentine, the Guggenheim and ..read more

In this episode we discuss curating art exhibitions in the historical art colony of St Ives, Cornwall with guests Alicia Livingstone and Catie Close of Livingstone St Ives Gallery and special guests Sotheby's Institute of Art MA Art Business students: Jeremy Rosen; Yujie He; Quan (Derrick) Wan; Beatrice Gallello and Maria Whitby.     Links: https://livingstonestives.co.uk/sothebys-ma-workshops/    music ‘Baby, I Miss The Internet’ (Rama, Rama, Rama)  by TOT TAYLOR is used by kind permission of the artist ©Tot Taylor/Songmatic Music (2020) PRS/MCPS/PPL ..read more

Anindo Sen is a Sotheby’s Institute of Art London 2020 alumnus, who after successful corporate leadership roles in some of India’s leading corporate enterprises like ITC and Star TV, chose to devote himself to art and culture. Currently an independent arts writer, researcher and consultant, he discusses the MA experience at the institute as well as how the art world can benefit from being more open to technologies like blockchain and NFTs. Useful links:  1) https://jingculturecrypto.com/author/anindya-sen/ 2) https://hyperallergic.com/author/anindya-sen/   music ‘Baby, I Mi ..read more

Kristy M Chan (b.1997, Hong Kong) lives and works between London and Hong Kong. She received her BFA from Slade School of Fine Art in 2019 and her MA from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in 2020. Recent solo exhibitions include Binge, The Artist Room in collaboration with Simon Lee Gallery, London (2022), Strong Cookie, Prior Art Space, Berlin (2022) and Totally Not, The Artist Room, London, (2021–2). Selected recent group exhibitions include New Romantics, Lee Eugean Gallery, Seoul (2022); The Sky Above the Roof, Tabula Rasa, Beijing (2022); Femme-Ate, Soho Revue, London ..read more

Editor-In-Chief: Rhiannon Roberts Prior to studying Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London, Rhiannon completed her undergraduate degree in Art History at Belmont University. During her time there, she was the recipient of the 2021 Written Research in the Visual Arts Award for her visual essay titled “The Depiction of Global Consumerism and Overconsumption in Art,” a featured keynote speaker at the 2021 Belmont University Research Symposium where she presented an original research project for the Asian Studies session.   Features Co-Editor: Camille Moreno C ..read more

In this follow-up to the July 7 podcast, we discuss auction houses, dealers, artists and artists' estates.  We also flag the forthcoming de Pury auction WOMEN - Art In Times of Chaos as an exciting new auction model where emerging artists and their galleries receive 100% of the hammer price.   Useful links: http://www.thehenrylydiatepartnership.com/  henry@thehenrylydiatepartnership.com  https://www.de-pury.com/    music ‘Baby, I Miss The Internet’ (Rama, Rama, Rama)  by TOT TAYLOR is used by kind permission of the artist ©Tot Taylor/Songmatic Music (202 ..read more

This summer special episode presents a relaxed platform for songwriter, author and art curator Tot Taylor and art lawyer Henry Lydiate to share memories of the 1970s when their paths met in the rock music world.  We hear about life in Cambridge and London and how self-identity was developed and culture was accessed without the internet.     Tot and Henry are the subjects of earlier episodes of this podcast where they share more of their art world past memories and present wisdom.   Useful links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tot_Taylor  https://www.riflemaker.org ..read more