Founder and Principal, Schwartzman&

For more than 30 years, Allan Schwartzman has provided short- and long-term bespoke advice to influential and sophisticated collectors the world over, guiding them in the formation of their holdings in modern, post-war and contemporary art. Known equally as a tastemaker in contemporary art and an authority on the art market, and widely respected as an independent curator, most notably for Instituto Inhotim, the visionary contemporary art park set within a 5,000-acre botanical garden in Brazil. Allan was a founding staff member of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City and served as curator from 1977 to 1980. He co-founded and led Art Agency, Partners, an art advisory firm that was acquired by Sotheby’s. From 2016 to 2020, in addition to running the advisory practice, he served as Chairman and Co-Leader of the Fine Art Division at Sotheby’s. In 2020, he founded the art advisory firm Schwartzman & Associates.