James Baskerville
Senior Specialist, Prints & Multiples, Director @Christie's
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Specialist, Prints & Multiples, Director @Christie's
London, GB
EDUCATION
UCL
Bachelor's degree, History of Art with Material Studies
UCL
Master's degree, History of Art
Reigate School of Art and Design
Foundation Diploma Art & Design, Painting, Drawing and Photography
SKILLS
ABOUT JAMES BASKERVILLE
Senior Specialist at Christie\'s with expertise spanning from Old Master Prints to Contemporary printmaking, and with unique works by artists such as Banksy and STIK. Based in London, James\'s role as International Head of Contemporary Editions involves close collaboration with the global team on the strategy of Christie\'s auctions of contemporary prints and multiples.James is Head of Sale for \"Laugh now, but one day we\'ll be in charge: Banksy & 21st Century Editions\" the new auction format in London for selling cutting-edge editions. James previously curated and led Christie\'s \'Banksy: I can\'t believe you morons actually buy this sh*t\' auctions. Established in 2019, the dedicated Banksy sales achieved exceptional results and in March 2021 set the highest total for any auction dedicated to the artist\'s works, achieving a total of £4.46 million ($6.1 million).James has also curated additional artist-focused sales such as \'Three Northern Masters: Albrecht Dürer, Lucas van Leyden and Rembrandt\' and \'Howard Hodgkin: Feelings in Colour\'. Past consignments have achieved record prices for editions by Banksy, STIK and Howard Hodgkin. In addition to these record prices at auction, James also specialises in selling high value editions by Private Sale.
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