Natasha Degen

Natasha Degen is Professor and Chair of Art Market Studies. She earned an AB from Princeton University and a MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge, where she studied as a Gates Scholar. She is a recognized writer and critic, having contributed to publications including The New Yorker, The Financial Times, The New York Times, Artforum, and frieze; she serves as a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal for Art Market Studies.

Among other prizes, Degen received a $30,000 art criticism award from the Andy Warhol Foundation and a Luce Scholarship which sent her to Beijing for a year. She compiled and edited The Market (MIT Press, 2013), an interdisciplinary anthology tracing the art market's interaction with contemporary practice.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree Princeton University
• Master's Degree University of Cambridge
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Cambridge

Companies

• Professor and Chair, Art Market Studies Fashion Institute of Technology (2016)
• Faculty, Art Business Sotheby's Institute of Art (2013 — 2016)
• Adjunct Professor Cass Business School (2012 — 2013)
• Faculty, Art Business Sotheby's Institute of Art (2009 — 2012)
• Curatorial Assistant Tate Britain (2009 — 2009)
• Luce Scholar and Journalist Henry Luce Foundation Inc (2006 — 2007)