Born in Viennese Alexander Rotter, the global president of the Christie auction house has been appointed. It is considered a “worldwide authority for contemporary art,” it said. Rotter has been working for the auction house since 2017 with its head office in London.
There he founded the “20/21” department to reorganize the sales strategy for post -war, contemporary, modern and impressionist art. Among other things, he led the sale of “Salvator Mundi” by Leonardo da Vinci, who was auctioned at $ 450 million the most expensive work ever.
His department is a crucial factor for the market leadership of the auction house, said Christie’s director Bonnie Brennan. In addition to the record painting Da Vincis, Rotterdam was responsible for the sale of Jeff Koons “Rabbit” 2019 from the SI Newhouse collection, which founded a record for a living artist with a good 91 million US dollar, or by Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn”.
$ 195 million was reached in 2022. This is the highest price ever reached at an auction for a 20th century painting.
Already active in the art trade
Born in Vienna, he leads the global fortunes of the market leader in the Nieuwe Baan. His mother Elisabeth Sturm-Bednarczyk already led a traditional art dealer in Dorothergasse in Wiener. Redter studied art history and used to work at Sotheby’s.
Christie’s is one of the most traditional auction houses with his head office in London and the world leaders on the art and antique market. In 2023 it reached a turnover of $ 6.2 billion.
Source: Krone
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