Ana Sokoloff
Ana Sokoloff is a founding partner of sokoloff + associates art advisors a firm focusing on advising high-profile individuals on collecting Latin American and Contemporary art. Before founding sokoloff + associates, Ms. Sokoloff was Vice President–Head of Department for Latin American Paintings at Christie’s Inc., where she was responsible for all business development, expertise, management, and administration of the Latin American Paintings department including the coordination and organization of two annual evening sales. As Head of the Latin American Paintings department at Christie's and Specialist in Latin American Art one of Ms. Sokoloff's main responsibilities was the valuation of works of art.
A champion of contemporary Latin American art, Ms. Sokoloff was instrumental in broadening the market by introducing works of a new generation of artists into Christie’s Inc.’s auctions. Among the figures that she pioneered into the market are: Francis Alys, Gego, Helio Oiticica, and Doris Salcedo, among others. Prior to joining Christie’s Ms. Sokoloff was a Cataloguer for the Arcade department at Sotheby’s, Exhibition Coordinator at the Americas Society, and Director of Exhibitions and Cultural Programs at the Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations, where she oversaw the cultural activities of the Colombian government in the United States and Eastern Canada.
In addition, Ms. Sokoloff has curated several exhibitions for international venues, given conferences and written critical essays on Latin American art for international art journals. She is currently on the advisory board of the Americas Society and the Art Advisor’s Association of America (APAA), as well as a USPAP appraiser. Ms. Sokoloff earned a law degree at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia and received a M.A. in Theory of Art History from Columbia University in New York.
Ms. Sokoloff has contributed articles to the following publications:
Carolee Thea, On Curating: Interviews with Ten International Curators. D. A. P./Distributed Art Publishers: 2009.
Alvaro Barrios, Dreams about Marcel Duchamp. Nohra Haime Gallery: New York, USA 2008.
AFA 02 El Mercado de Fotografía Latinoamericano. Galeria AFA: Santiago Chile, December 2007.
Bruce Altshuler. Collecting the New: Museums and Contemporary Art. Princeton University Press: 2007.
Arte de América Latina, (introduction). Lucia de la Puenta Galeria de Arte: Lima Perú, 2002.
Nadin Ospina Refiguraciones. Alvaro Medina, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá. Bogotá Colombia, 2000.
Scars – Pleasure + Sacrifice. Permanent Mission of Colombia to UN: New York, 1994.
Painting. Permanent Mission of Colombia to UN: New York, 1991.
