Most recently Antonia has been Senior Writer at Phillips, project managing, researching and writing competitive high-value business proposals for the art market with an emphasis on the Americas, but also covering 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 across categories.

Antonia has acted as Los Angeles regional liaison for global art membership organization The Cultivist, and consulted on communications and strategy for art organizations and artist estates. She was also a contributing writer for art and culture publications, including the Contemporary art publications ArtSlant and Artillery. She has previously written for Glass Magazine, published by Condé Nast, producing feature articles on the themes of art, culture and sustainability. Each year Antonia reported on art and new means of storytelling from the Sundance Film Festival, and she has previously reported from Frieze London and Los Angeles art fairs.

Antonia holds an MSc in Sustainable Heritage from UCL, University College London, ranked one of the top ten universities worldwide, 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 is currently working on a research project about cultural heritage in Madagascar. She has lived in Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen and Morocco, as well as the US and the UK.