Ann-Marie Richard

Ann-Marie Richard is a fine art asset and design specialist, art historian, curator, author and advisor. Prior to her full-time appointment as Program Director, she was Executive Vice President at the art advisory firm Gurr Johns. She has lectured extensively on the topics of retrospective and emerging art markets, connoisseurship, collecting, conservation, provenance, and the related subtleties of appraising fine and decorative arts and design. Ann-Marie has had speaking engagements at Columbia University, the American Association of Museums, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Fashion Institute of Technology, Pratt Institute, The Aspen Institute and the United Nations. Exhibitions she has curated have been favorably reviewed in national and international publications including Art in America, ArtNews, The New York Times, Art-Times Russia, and Korea Times. She is the author of “The Valuation of Fine Art and Design: A Handbook for Professionals” to be published in 2026.

Education:
MA, Parsons The New School for Design/ Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Graduate with Distinction, Sotheby’s Institute of Art- London, Works of Art Course