CATHERINE ASQUITH, B.A., B.Litt.(Hons.)
Founder & Director
EVENTS / PRESS
Catherine Asquith is the Principal Advisor and Director of Catherine Asquith Art Advisory. An arts professional with an academic background in Art History, extensive international travel and residency and more than 26 years’ experience working within the Australian, Asian and International art markets, in both the primary and secondary sectors, Catherine has worked as a consultant and gallerist, and now operates as an art advisor and valuer.
After successfully owning and operating her eponymous gallery for just over a decade (2003 – 2013), Catherine recognised the potential of a burgeoning market in Asia, and with a strong interest in developing a more client-facing, advisory role, restructured her company to accommodate the needs of private and corporate collections.
Catherine’s art expertise comprises Australian modernist, contemporary and Australian Indigenous art, East Asian contemporary art, and international modern, post-war and contemporary art, inclusive of the genres of painting, works on paper (prints & multiples), and sculpture as well as large scale integrated urban artwork.
As an accredited practising valuer (AVAA), Catherine is qualified to provide informed and up to date advice and market values on buying and selling work from either market; additionally, Catherine also acts as agent in the auction arena, for pre-purchase/pre-sale advice, due diligence and/or bidding in lieu.
Over the past decade, Catherine has managed and brokered high value transactions on the private secondary market, on behalf of international private collections, for works by blue chip artists such as Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Gerhard Richter, and Yayoi Kusama, with market values ranging from US1m through to US$45m. Currently and on average, Catherine now manages a total value of US$50 to US$100m in private transactions at any one time.
Intermittently Catherine is invited as a speaker at various symposia on the art market and allied subjects. Catherine has been a guest judge for art prizes, the subject of feature articles on the art market and during the covid pandemic ran a podcast, “Art Talks”, which focused on navigating the art market.
Frequently endorsed by the market, notable accolades have included the Agence France-Muséums on behalf of the Louvre Abu Dhabi consulting Catherine in respect of procuring museum quality artworks for the 20th/21st Century collections, specifically works from the Australasia and Oceanic region; and most recently, Catherine was invited by the Royal Commission for Allula to consider the role of CEO for the new museum of contemporary art for Allula, Saudia Arabia.
Catherine Asquith is an AVAA Certified Practicing Valuer (Auctioneers and Valuers Association of Australia), Chair of the Art Acquisition Advisory Committee for The City of Stonnington, a member of the City of Melbourne’s external assessment panel (visual arts), a member of The International Art Market Studies Association (London), and a member of the Asia Society (Australia).
Contact: catherine@catherineasquithart.com
Celebrating the completion of the Chadstone Urban Art Car Park Facades with Louvreclad.
Delighted to have been invited to participate in a panel discussion for MA Financial’s annual “Women in Art” luncheon held during Sydney Contemporary.
Guest speaker at MARS Gallery: “Collecting Art Now” panel discussion. Read transcript here.
Arts writer & editor Louise Martin-Chew consulted Catherine Asquith for her take on the changes in the market and collector behaviour.
“The Age”
Interviewed by Marta Pascual Juanola for expert comment on the purported ‘black market’ in Australia. Read Q & A here.
“Leonard”
Profiled in Leonard Joel’s “Expert Series”
“The Age”
Interviewed by Nick Miller, arts writer for “The Age” values, estimates, provenance at auction
Catherine Asquith Art Advisory is pleased to have worked with prestigious corporate entities and significant tertiary institutions, as both consultant on artwork commission projects and arts initiatives, and as advisor and valuer, for their respective collections.
