2018 international panelists

Over 80 art market professionals, industry experts in Art, Finance, Risk and Wealth Management; Spatial Designers, Real Estate and Hospitality professionals from almost 20 countries across the globe convened at UNFOLD's inaugural edition from the 19-22 March 2018 in Dubai.

OUR MODERATORS & Interviewers

Art Talks I & Art Talk II

CT2A Group, Paris, France

Ralph Stobwasser

Partner Forensic Middle East

Deloitte, Dubai, UAE

Dr Varkki Pallathucheril

Dean of the College of Architecture, Art & Design

American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

Theresa Sweetland

Executive Director

Forecast Public Art, Minnesota, USA

Katherine Gass Stowe

Founder & Chief Curator

James Company Contemporary Art Projects, New York, USA

Editor-at-large

The Art Newspaper and Cultureshock Media London, United Kingdom

The Architect’s Newspaper, New York, USA

Adriano Picinati Di Torcello

Director - Management Consulting - Global Art & Finance Coordinator

Deloitte, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Brendon Bell Roberts

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Art Africa Magazine, Cape Town, South Africa

public art AGENCIES, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, PLACEMAKING AGENCIES, galleries & artists

Art Talks I: Art, Real Estate & The Built Environment

Valeria Mariani

Head of Projects

Crossway Foundation, London, UK

HANNES KOCH & FLORIAN ORTKRASS

Random International, London, UK

New Delhi, India

Founder & President

Ikkan Art International, Singapore

Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst

Pace Gallery, London, UK

Director of Special Projects

Public Art Fund, New York, USA

Pauline Kamiyama

Deputy Director of Civic Art

Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Los Angeles, USA

Principal Keehn On Art

Commissioner, SF Arts Commission, San Francisco, USA

Annamaria Bersani

Alserkal Cultural Foundation, Dubai, UAE

Nasser bin Ahmad Alserkal

Alserkal Cultural Foundation, Alserkal Group, Dubai, UAE

Atassi Foundation for Art and Culture, Dubai, UAE

Lisa Ball-Lechgar

Deputy Director

Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE

Program Officer, Percent for Art

Minnesota State Arts Board, USA

Jesse Brackenbury

Executive Director

Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Boston, USA

Karin Goodfellow

Director Boston Arts Commission &

Boston AIR, Boston, USA

Executive Director

UrbanArt Commission, Memphis, USA

Founder & CEO Futurecity

hotel operators, architects, interior designers, curators, art consultants and advisors

Art Talks I: Art, Real Estate & The Built Environment

GERVOIS Magazine, New York. USA

Tarissa Tiberti

Executive Director

MGM Resorts Art & Culture, Las Vegas, USA

Vice President, Luxury Brand Marketing

Marriott International, Middle East & Africa, Dubai, UAE

Managing Director

Rosewood Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Foster + Partners, Dubai, UAE

Founder & Design director

Pallavi Dean Interiors, Dubai, UAE

General Manager

Noon Art Boutique Hotel Apartments, Dubai, UAE

Founder & Design Director

RAW-NYC Architects, Dubai, UAE (2017 President, American Institute of Architects - Middle East)

Marcello Cabezas

Artistic Producer (Placemaker, Curator, City Builder, Producer) macIDeas, Toronto, Canada

Robert Shakespeare

Group Design Director

Cracknell, Dubai, UAE

Aspect Studios, Melbourne, Australia

21c Museum Hotels, Louisville, USA

Founder & Managing Director

ARTZU Projects, Manchester, UK

Founder & Creative Director

UAP, Brisbane, Australia

General Manager

The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore, Singapore

Christian Merieau

Managing Partner

MMAC Design Associates

André C. Meyerhans

Fischermeyerhans, Dubai, UAE

Founder & Managing Director

JT & Partners, Dubai, UAE

Anne-Cecile de Chaumont

Creative Consultant

Principal, Managing Director - Middle East & North

Africa, B+H Architects, Dubai, UAE

Paul Bruce-Band

General Manager Ellerman House

Cape Town, South Africa

SVP Brand Content Marketing

Luxury & Upscale, AccorHotels, Paris, France

Partner Wayfare Ventures

SVP & Managing Director MEA

Wilson Associates Dubai, UAE

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, Dubai, UAE

Senior Associate & Senior Project Designer

WATG & Wimberly Interiors, Dubai, UAE

Founder XVA Gallery and Art Hotel

CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ, JR.

Managing Director

Atelier Cruz-Diez & Art Team Paris, Paris, France

Senior Regional Manager MENA

Skidmore Owings & Merill LLP, Dubai, UAE

corporate, private collectors and public institutions

Art Talks II: Evolving Cultures, Developing Collections

Chairman & CEO Noor Group

Founder Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon

Jean-Paul Najar Foundation, Dubai, UAE

Salsali Private Museum, Dubai, UAE

Dr Paul Bayliss

Absa Art & Museum Curator

Barclays Africa Group, Johannesburg, South Africa

Executive Director & Chief Curator

Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa

Loa Haagen Pictet

Curator, Collection Pictet & Chair IACCCA

Geneva, Switzerland

Head of Contemporary Art Collection

“la Caixa” Foundation, Barcelona, Spain

Philippe Méaille

Founder & President Chateau de Montsoreau

Montsoreau, France

Sanne Ten Brink

Head Curator Art Management

ING Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dr. Thomas Girst

BMW Group Cultural Engagement, Munich, Germany

Founder & CEO YSWARA

Trustee of Nirox Art Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa

Guillermo Penso

CEO & Managing Director

Bodega Otazu, Pamplona, Spain

INDUStry experts from ART, Finance, risk & WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Art Talks II: Evolving Cultures, Developing Collections

Wunder, Luxembourg, Luxembourg City

Wendy Lindstrom

Messner Reeves LLP, New York, USA

Julian Radcliffe

The Art Loss Register, London, UK

Faurschou Foundation, New York, USA

SGS Art Services, Geneva, Switzerland

CHARLIE HORRELL

Divisional Director, Fine Art, Jewellery & Specie,

Willis Towers Watson, London, UK

Francesco Gibbi

Lot-Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Managing Partner

PassionProtect® - Art&Motion®, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Managing Director Europe & Middle East

Sotheby's, London, UK

Managing Director & Global Head of Art Advisory

Citi Private Bank, New York, USA

Marcelo García Casil

Maecenas Fine Art, Singapore

Dr Alessia Zorloni

Co-Director Executive Master in Art Market Management IULM University Milan, Italy

Harvey Mendelson

Co-Founder & Managing Director

1858 Ltd Art Advisory, London, UK

Kaneka Subberwal

Fair & Program Director ArtBAB

Founder Artselect, Manama, Bahrain

Head of Middle Eastern Markets

The Fine Art Group, Dubai, UAE