OUR TEAM

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CHRISTINE LEE

Christine Lee is the Founder and Director of OPENART and Christine Lee Art Advisory, art advisories for private collectors, and corporate and hospitality clients. She has over 10 years of experience in the art industry in various roles including gallery director, curator, senior art advisor, senior project manager, and Vice President of an art consulting firm based in NYC, working on art collections and projects for residential, corporate and hospitality clients. Furthermore, she trained and held numerous positions in international art galleries such as Haunch of Venison of Christie's, Arario Gallery, Martos Gallery, and SUN Contemporary which allowed her to gain in-depth knowledge of the global art market.


She is also an art journalist covering international art news to 3 publications; Art Radar, The Culture Trip and Forbes, writing about contemporary art, Asian contemporary art & investing in art. In 2021, she was invited by UNESCO’s Art Collection team to contribute to UNESCO’s 75th Anniversary Publication. Christine has been presenting and teaching a course for Christie’s Education since 2022. She holds a Masters in Design from Pratt institute, BA in Comparative Literature, and studied Modern and Contemporary Art, Connoisseurship and History of the Art Market from Christie’s in New York, and Curating from Sotheby’s Institute of Art.