Faculty Profile

Anders Petterson

Guest Speaker, Art Business Certificate

Anders Petterson is the Founder and CEO of ArtTactic, a London-based art market research and analytics company established in 2001.

ArtTactic is recognized for its independent research into the global art market and for pioneering the use of crowdsourced intelligence and sentiment analysis to assess market trends, risks and developments.

Under his leadership, ArtTactic has produced research and market reports in collaboration with organizations including Deloitte, Bank of America, Hiscox, Mishcon de Reya, Sophie Macpherson Ltd and Sotheby’s.

Petterson is a longstanding Consultant Lecturer at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London, teaching on the MA in Art Business and the Art Business Semester program. His teaching draws on more than two decades of art market research and focuses on art market analysis, economics, investment, risk and the relationship between art and wealth.

He is a frequent speaker at international conferences and events addressing the art market and art finance.

Before founding ArtTactic, Petterson worked at J.P. Morgan in debt capital markets and structured products, advising banks and corporate clients.

Between 2002 and 2007, he also worked as an independent research and evaluation consultant for Arts & Business in London, contributing to research projects across the cultural sector.

Petterson was a founding board member of Professional Advisors to the International Art Market (PAIAM), serving from 2011 to 2021.

He holds BSc and MSc in Management from the London School of Economics and the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.