Mercedes Lámbarri Altamira

Mercedes Lámbarri Altamira is a Vice President, Head of Mid-Market Private Sales and a Specialist in Post-War & Contemporary Art, based in New York. Mercedes has spent her entire career at Sotheby’s, having joined the Contemporary Department in Paris in 2012, where she worked until 2018 as a Head of Day Sale. She joined the New York Contemporary Art Department in 2019 as a Specialist and now oversees strategy for mid-market Contemporary Art private sales and advises clients on acquisitions and consignments.

Mercedes graduated with a B.A. in Art History from Middlebury College and a Master’s in Modern Art, Connoisseurship, and the Art Market from Christie’s Education.