Lisa
Dennison
Chairman,
Sotheby’s North and South America
Lisa Dennison is Chairman of Sotheby’s
North and South America, responsible for international
business development and client relationships.
From 1978 to 2007, Ms. Dennison was on the staff
of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, most
recently as Director of the Guggenheim Museum
in New York and prior to that, as Deputy Director
and Chief Curator of Foundation. During her tenure
at the Museum, Ms. Dennison curated numerous
exhibitions of Modern and contemporary art, many
based on the Guggenheim’s renowned permanent
collection She was also responsible for
the exhibition program and collection development
activities for the Guggenheim Museums in New
York, Venice, Bilbao, Berlin, and Las Vegas.
Ms. Dennison is the author of more than 25 essays
in catalogues that accompanied the exhibitions
she organized for the Guggenheim and for major
institutions around the world.
Ms. Dennison earned her B.A. from Wellesley
College in art history and French in 1975, and
received an M.A. in art history from Brown University
in 1978. A Founding Member of the Creative Arts
Advisory Board of Brown University, she also
serves on the Board of Directors of the Byrd-Hoffman
Foundation; the New York Committee of the Wellesley
College Friends of Art; the International Advisory
Board of the Louise T. Blouin Foundation; and
is a member of ArtTable and The Women’s
Forum.
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