Natasha Degen

Natasha Degen is currently department chair of the Art Market Studies Master’s program at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) with the rank of full professor.

A graduate of Princeton University and with a PhD from the University of Cambridge, where she was a Gates Scholar, her expertise encompasses the history of the art market and the intersection of culture and commerce today.

She is the author of The Market (MIT Press, 2013) and Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion After Warhol (Reaktion Books, 2023), and a contributor to publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, The Financial Times, Artforum, and frieze.

She also serves on the boards of The International Art Market Studies Association and the Journal for Art Market Studies.

Degen previously taught at Sotheby’s Institute in New York, where she developed Master’s courses on the art market’s history and globalization and led international field study trips to major fairs including Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Dubai, SP-Arte, and TEFAF. She also launched an annual conference at Sotheby’s Auction House during Asia Week.