SPEAKER’S PROFILE

After a Master degree in private Law (Paris-Assas University) and a Master degree in Art History (Paris-Sorbonne University) - her thesis was about the art market in France in the seventeenth century - she decided to specialize in old master drawings. She worked on several exhibitions in museums (Metropolitan Museum in New York, Institut Néerlandais in Paris) and later became an expert in old master drawings at Sotheby’s in London and Paris for three years.Since 2003, she has been preparing a catalogue raisonné of the sculptures by Pablo Picasso with a team of researchers. Major auction houses, dealers and collectors frequently ask her for advice. She is also in charge of the art collection and the archival materials belonging to Maya Ruiz-Picasso.