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Experts

Amani Olu - Contemporary Photography

Amani Olu (b. 1980) is a private dealer, independent curator, and the founder and executive director of Humble Arts Foundation. He recently produced and designed The Collector’s Guide to Emerging Art Photography, published by Humble Arts Foundation. His most recent exhibitions include the group show Revisiting America and solo exhibition Home Theater, photographs by Bradley Peters. He lives and works in Brooklyn.

Carrie Clyne

Carrie Clyne has an art advisory service focusing on curatorial projects, emerging artists, and private sales. Carrie advocates Chinese art as an integral part of every contemporary collection and assists her clients in building and diversifying their acquisitions. Lately she has also been working with Asian clients to grow their collections of Western artists. She was the Director of ChinaSquare Gallery, New York where she focused on increasing the visibility and access of Chinese contemporary art to a Western audience. Carrie was a Fulbright recipient and lived, worked, and studied in Beijing for three years. Currently she divides her time between New York, China, and wherever art takes her.

Heidi Lee - Art Advisory

New York-based art advisor, Heidi Lee, has extensive experience consulting for large corporations, private collectors, estates and non-profits. Specializing in Modern and Contemporary art, she has managed and appraised collections for private wealth clients of JP Morgan Chase, Sotheby's and Christie's as well as for Fortune 500 companies including Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Capital Group, Davis Polk and Exxon. She is co-chair of the New Museum's Contemporary Council she is entrenched in the art scene traveling nonstop to attend all the major art fairs, biennials and exhibitions. Recently, she won a grant to curate an exhibition that included critically acclaimed artists Keith Haring, Shepard Fairey, Blek Le Rat and James Jean. Ms. Lee holds a master's degree from Christie's Education in Modern Art, Connoisseurship and the Art Market and is a USPAP accredited art appraiser.

Judith Bresler - Art Law

Judith Bresler, an attorney specializing the the law and business of art and Counsel to Withers Bergman, LLP, is co-author of the award-winning treatise, ART LAW: The Guide for Collectors, Investors, Dealers and Artists (First, Second and Third Edition), acclaimed as the "industry bible" by Forbes magazine. She has taught as a member of the adjunct faculties of both of New York Law School, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, as well as a senior faculty member of the Sotheby's Institute of Art.

Meenakshi Thirukode - South Asian Contemporary Art

Meenakshi Thirukode is graduated from the Masters Program at Christies Education. She is an Art Critic with one of India’s leading Newspapers – The Hindu, as well as an Independent Curator, working under the alias MT Productions. Ms Thirukode’s curatorial projects this year include “Whose Territorial Imperative?” opening at The Guild Art Gallery, New York and “Wonder What The Others Are Upto?” at Gallery Open Eyed Dreams, India.

Stephen Hallock

Stephen Hallock lives in Los Angeles where he is the President of MB&F North America. Formerly a financial consultant and hedge fund manager, Stephen is a well-known watch collector and major contributor to multiple watch enthusiast websites. In 2008, he followed his passion and opened the North American subsidiary of MB&F, a cutting edge Horological Creative Laboratory and one of the pioneers of Contemporary Horology headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Thomas Galbraith

Thomas Galbraith is the Director of Fine Art for Bruce Gendelman Insurance Services. Galbraith has years of expertise in the art insurance marketplace. He previously worked as an Art Historian at the Art Loss Register assisting in the recovery of stolen art, and as a Collections Specialist at Chartis Private Client Group. He most recently served as Fine Art Expert for AXA Art Insurance in the US and as part of the team that spearheaded the company’s Canadian operations. He is on the board of the APAA.