Michael Macaulay serves as Executive Vice President, Head of the European Art Division, overseeing all aspects of Advisory, Agency, and Private Sales. He leads the group across the region and drives global strategy as part of the Executive Team.
Michael is recognised as a leading specialist in the international art market and a trusted advisor to an extensive array of private collectors and institutional clients. For 18 years he worked at Sotheby’s in London and New York, serving as Deputy Chairman and Head of Contemporary Art, Europe; Senior Vice President, Head of Contemporary Art Evening Auctions, Americas; Director of Client Coverage, Global Fine Arts, and as one of the house’s principal auctioneers. He was integral to many of the most celebrated auctions of the past two decades and was one of the firm’s top private sales experts.
He achieved a First-Class Honours degree from the Courtauld Institute in History of Art in 2004 and was awarded the Institute Prize for his dissertation. Before joining Sotheby’s, he was an English teacher in Beijing and worked in investment banking executive search.
