FOUNDERS
MARC SPIEGLER
Cultural Strategist
Having led Art Basel from 2007 to 2022, Marc Spiegler now works on a portfolio of cultural-strategy projects. He is President of the Board of Directors of Superblue and the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the future UBS Digital Art Museum in Hamburg. He works with the Luma Foundation on long-term strategic issues, and serves on the boards of the ArtTech and Art Explora foundations. In addition to working with companies such as Prada Group, KEF Audio and Sanlorenzo in developing cultural strategies, Spiegler has long been a Visiting Professor in cultural management at Università Bocconi in Milan.
LOUISE HAMLIN
Louise is a Courtauld Institute graduate with over a decade of experience as Head of Sales at The Art Newspaper. In 2014, she founded her own events organisation, launching conferences in London, New York, Shanghai, Cape Town, TEFAF Maastricht and at Art Dubai. The Art Business Conferences have become a firm fixture in the annual art world calendars, educating on the dynamics of the art market and convening all sectors of the art world community. The conferences were acquired in 2024 by the cultural investment fund ArtNova, and now includes The Art Business Conference Paris and further expansion into Asia planned in 2025.
ART MARKET MINDS
For more than 10 years, Art Market Minds has staged its Art Business Conference, creating the leading platform for discussion of the key issues in today’s global art world. At our conferences in New York, London, Paris, Maastricht, Dubai, and Cape Town, we've bridged gaps, connecting top art professionals with talent, funding, and execution expertise worldwide. Find out more here.