Paris, 27 May 2015
Christie’s has announced the appointment of Stanislas Gokelaere as European consultant within their African & Oceanic Art Department.
Based in Paris, Stanislas Gokelaere is to work with Susan Kloman, international director of the department and Pierre Amrouche, international consultant. His arrival should strengthen the department’s activity in Europe, boosting Parisian sales in particular. The growing demand for African and Oceanic art, both from collectors as well as enthusiasts of other art forms such as Impressionist, Modern, and contemporary art, provides a strategic growth opportunity for Christie’s. The auction house intends to meet this demand by organising two annual sales in Paris in June and December 2015.
Raised in a family of modern art dealers, Stanislas Gokelaere has been personally collecting African and Oceanic art for over 20 years. Christie’s new employee has also worked in the private equity field and co-founded and directed the Art Collection Fund, an art investment fund whose objective is to bring together a collection of high-quality modern and contemporary art, as well as African and Oceanic tribal art.