ARTnews LIVE spends an hour with Sotheby’s CEO Charles Stewart to discuss the ways he is leading the 275-year-old auction house out of the coronavirus lockdown and into the next phase of the global art market and luxury retailing business. Eight months after assuming the role of chief executive, coinciding with the company going private under new owner Patrick Drahi, Stewart has been confronted by a total halt to the live auction business. In response, his rm has aggressively re-oriented their sales strategy toward ‘buy now’ e-commerce and online-only auctions. Now, as the world emerges from the global lockdown, Sotheby’s is holding sales in New York and Hong Kong. Stewart will talk about the huge opportunities and daunting challenges facing the rm under his leadership.
Charles Stewart, the CEO of Sotheby's, joined from Altice USA, where he served as Co-President and Chief Financial O cer since 2016. He assumed the role at Altice USA following more than two decades of operations, nancial and corporate leadership...
Marion Maneker is president and editorial director of Art Media, the Penske Media Corporation division that includes ARTnews, Art in America, and Art Market Monitor. Maneker has covered the art market for more than 20 years at New York magazine,...