About Us

We curate and produce exhibitions in institutional and private spaces.

We help clients build and manage collections.

We design courses and salons that foster a deeper understanding of contemporary art.

To discuss these services, get in touch.

THE TEAM

Piero Tomassoni

Founder

Piero Tomassoni founded Artvisor in 2015. He has curated and produced over forty group and solo exhibitions with leading contemporary artists, regularly gives lectures at universities and institutions, and has authored and contributed to several publications. He is a trustee and a member of the board of multiple art foundations and artist estates. He acts as sector expert on art and culture for leading consulting firms, and as advisor to major families and corporate entities globally. His research focuses on historic and current conceptual and performative practices, as well as on areas of intersection between art and architecture, theatre, and literature. His work is part of a broader inquiry into themes relating to the effects of the acceleration of time in modern societies, the ontology and sociology of art, and the nature of different methods of cultural production. He holds degrees in Philosophy & Economics and Law, and has previously practiced as a lawyer in London.

Wills Baker

Director of Development

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.

Gwen Bautista

Senior Editor

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.

Kendra Lee

Operations Manager

Kendra Lee is an art historian and art market specialist. She studied Art History at the University of Victoria in Canada and holds two masters, including a Masters in Art Business at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art. She previously held the position of Assistant Curator at the Royal BC Museum in Canada. With over five years of extensive experience in the art industry, her professional experience encompasses museum curation, writing for journals, partaking in various symposiums, and specialising in Contemporary Art, and Art Market Studies.

Kitty Atherton

Artist Liaison

Kitty Atherton is an art historian who has graduated from the Courtauld Institute of Art and holds a qualification in International Cultural Heritage Law, which she attained from the University of Geneva. During her studies she co-curated London’s first intercollegiate student exhibition post-lockdown in Fitzrovia, and was a columnist for the Courtauld's academic journal. Most recently she has also taken up a part-time collaboration with Bonhams.

Katrina Khvesenya

Outreach | Content

Katrina is an art historian and videomaker. 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 West Asian, Middle Eastern, and North African art.

Ryan Poon

Consultant

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.

ADVISORS & AMBASSADORS

Nico Epstein

Partner

Nico Epstein is an art historian and art advisor. He is heavily involved in the online space for contemporary art having previously directed a successful online gallery since its inception. He is a frequent lecturer on contemporary art at Christie’s Education in London where he designed the course, The Art Market Online: An Essential Guide. He also acts as one of two art advisors for the Frieze art fair franchise, organising bespoke tours for their VIP clients.

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.

Dr Jérôme Neutres

Senior Advisor

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.

Denise Di Castro

Consultant

Denise Di Castro is an art historian and curator with extensive experience in the art market, representing the fifth generation of her Rome-based internationally recognized family art gallery. After earning her Masters at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Denise has curated international cultural projects and exhibitions merging contemporary and ancient art. She acts as an Advisor for the American Academy in Rome. After one year of work at Artvisor in London, she now cooperates with the firm as an independent consultant between Rome, London, and New York.

Elmerice Habsburg-Lothringen

Advisor

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.

Andreas Siegfried

Advisor

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.

Marco Alazraki

Co-founder, Investor

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.