New York, 23 October 2012
Henry Howard-Sneyd, Chairman of Asia Week New York 2013, and Vice-Chairman of Sotheby’s Asian Arts, announced the appointment of Noémie Bonnet as Executive Director of Asia Week New York.
This yearly event takes place in March in New York and gathers over forty specialists of Asian art, auction houses, Asian first-rank museums and cultural institutions. The Asia Week New York 2013 will take place from 15 to 23 March 2013 and will welcome many lectures, exhibitions, Asian art pieces auctions. Many galleries will open especially on the occasion.
On occasion of the appointment of Noémie Bonnet as Executive Director of the event, Henry Howard-Sneyd declared: “We are delighted that Noémie Bonnet has joined the Asia Week New York team. The experience and dynamism she brings to the position of Executive Director is certain to further enhance our visibility and broaden our reach to new collectors.”
Noémie Bonnet expressed her enthusiasm about working with prominent specialists of Asian art, and as well her hope to develop the Asia Week New York in a more creative spirit. Noémie Bonnet distinguished herself as an experimented consultant for institutions, companies and non-profit organisations. She was born just outside Paris, grew in New York, where she attended the Lycée Français. She then earned a BA in Art History and Architecture at Brown University, and then travelled through many Asian countries, such as China and Thailand. Noémie Bonnet also worked for the French Embassy in Washington D.C.