Helena Newman
Michael Berkeley's guest is the chairman of Sotheby's, Helena Newman.
Private Passions · BBC Radio 3
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Show Notes
Helena Newman has many strings to her bow, She is the Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe and the Worldwide Head of Impressionist & Modern Art. She is one of only a handful of female auctioneers and presided over the bidding of the most valuable painting ever sold at auction in Europe – Gustav Klimt’s Lady with a Fan – which went for $108 million in June 2023.
Helena also plays the violin and the piano and her musical background has come in handy when standing on the auction block. She also loves the cross-over between music and art and how one can inspire the other.
Her musical choices include Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart and Bach.