Tony Preston
Business Development Manager and Senior Art Specialist
Tony has a Bachelor of Arts and post-graduate Diploma in Education (Flinders University), Museum Studies (Victoria University) and was granted a J. Paul Getty Trust scholarship to the Museum Management Institute (University of California – Berkeley). His extensive experience in the art world began at the Art Gallery of South Australia as Education Officer, and then as Chief Education Officer at the National Gallery of Victoria. On the international front, he was founding director of the award-winning Christchurch Art Gallery, and a Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Management and Royal Society of Arts, London and International Council of Museums board member.
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Veronica Angelatos
Senior Art Specialist
Veronica has a MA (Art Curatorship & Museum
Management), together with a Bachelor of Arts/
Law (Honours) from the University of Melbourne.
She has strong curatorial and research expertise,
having worked at various art museums including
the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice and
National Gallery of Victoria, and more recently,
in the commercial sphere as Senior Art Specialist
at Deutscher~Menzies. She is also the author of
numerous articles and publications on Australian
and International Art.
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Merryn Schriever
Art Specialist
Merryn has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (National Art School) and a post graduate Certificate in Management (Macquarie Graduate School of Management). She has gained expertise in both the Australian art market and in public institutions, joining deutscher and hackett from a Business Development role at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Prior to this, Merryn managed a leading contemporary art gallery in Sydney which specialised in contemporary photo-media and installation. |
Anita Archer
Head Auctioneer
Anita has her BA (Honours) at the University
of Leicester, England. After undertaking
postgraduate studies at Sotheby’s London,
she managed two leading decorative art
galleries in London. Moving to Australia, Anita
was Business Manager & Head Auctioneer
of Deutscher-Menzies, and General Manager
of Lawson-Menzies. She has been an independent
art consultant since 2002, incorporating her
roles as Head Auctioneer for D~M until 2006
and
co-auctioneer for Larasati, Jakarta.
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David Selkirk
Registrar
David has a Bachelor of Arts from Curtin University, and undertook post-graduate studies at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. His expertise in art handling, cataloguing and database management has been developed as firstly Assistant Registrar, then Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, and as Director – Australia for the Christensen Foundation. |
Ivy Boardman
Administrative Officer
Ivy graduated in 2001 with a BA (Fine Arts)
from the University of Western Sydney and was
appointed Education Officer at the Campbelltown
City Art Gallery. In 2002, she moved into the
commercial sector, managing a high profile
gallery in Paddington specialising in Modern
Australian and aboriginal art. She has gained
a thorough understanding of the auction industry
through various roles, most recently Administrator
for Deutscher~Menzies Sydney. |