Sarah de Maistre

  • Logistcs & Gallery Operation Director | Sotheby’s France
Paris

Biography

She joined Sotheby's in 2022 as Operations Department Project Manager, after nearly 15 years' experience in the art market.

With a Master's degree in Contemporary History (La Sorbonne Paris I) and a Licence III in Art History (La Sorbonne Paris I), she began her career in 2007 as a cataloguer in the Orientalist Paintings department of an international auction house in Paris, before joining the Antique Paintings department as an administrator.

In 2014, she became Business Manager for the Fine Art and Luxury departments in Paris, then for the Impressionist and Modern Continental Europe departments in 2016, enabling her to develop her skills in project management, team management, cross-functional collaboration and negotiation.

Since September 2022, she has been Head of Logistics and Galleries at Sotheby's in Paris, liaising with an international team. Responsible for planning auctions and exhibitions production in Paris (around 70 per year), she is managing the flow of objects between warehouses and the sales site (10,000 objects per year), she is passionate about organizing and optimizing logistics operations. She was notably involved in organizing the sale of the Hôtel Lambert collection.

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