about Antonia
Formerly Deputy Director at Sotheby's and senior Writer at Phillips, Antonia Ward is a Los Angeles-based cultural Sector specialist with nearly two decades OF professional experience in the art market and cultural organizations.
Most recently Antonia has been Senior Writer at Phillips, project managing, researching and writing competitive high-value business proposals for the art market including the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Antonia was Deputy Director at Sotheby’s London, working on creative strategy and research for top-tier business development. In this role she worked on proposals for the most valuable and high profile artworks and artifacts across categories.
Antonia has acted as Los Angeles regional liaison for global art membership organization The Cultivist, and consulted for art organizations and artist estates. She has also published feature articles, criticism, and cultural reporting covering art, exhibitions, artists, technology, sustainability, and social issues, including reporting from Sundance Film Festival and international art fairs. Publications include the Contemporary art titles ArtSlant and Artillery and Glass Magazine, published by Condé Nast.
Antonia holds an MSc in Sustainable Heritage from The Bartlett Faculty for The Built Environment at UCL, University College London — ranked #1 globally in its field — and an MA Honors in History of Art & Architectural History from the University of Edinburgh.
Her MA Honors thesis, including fieldwork in Yemen, was an analysis of international collaboration in conservation of Yemen’s cultural heritage. Her MSc included fieldwork and a consultancy with Heritage Malta, and her dissertation addressed cultural tourism in historic medinas in the Middle East and North Africa.
Antonia has lived in Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen and Morocco, as well as the US and the UK. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.