Join Kendell Geers for a monthly luncheon with a special guest and a passionate insight into why Art Matters. This month meet Pauline Haon.
Pauline Haon is the rising star of the Belgium art scene with a refreshing and dynamic perspective on contemporary and modern art.
She is a member of TheMerode and works for the Fine Art Group Benelux, an independent global team of advisors and art finance experts. Having spent a decade working at Christie’s she is uniquely qualified to explain how art gets valued and why some works of art get lost in the system. What makes one work of art capture all our attention whilst another by the same artist remains unnoticed ?
Pauline has not only broken the auction records for some of Belgium’s most important artists, but also used her auctioneer skills to raise millions at charity events. It is precisely her unique ability to balance the high stakes of the secondary market with a deep understanding and love for art beyond the limits of the market that makes her the perfect guest at the Art Matters table.
The only thing more impressive than her knowledge about art and artists is her passion for why Art Matters.
speaker
Pauline Haon is Director Benelux for the Fine Art Group, the largest international art advisory company worldwide. Before joining them, she spent more than 10 years at Christie’s, holding the role of Director, Senior Specialist 20/21st Century Art.
During this period, she had the opportunity to work on several historical collections, notably the Matthys-Colle Collection and the Le Jeune collection, two collections which helped shape the landscape of Contemporary Art.
Pauline is also an auctioneer for charity sales, such as La Monnaie or Bozar.
moderator
Kendell Geers is a pivotal figure in contemporary African art, whose powerful works explore themes of identity, resistance, and the complex legacies of history. Born in apartheid-era South Africa, Geers' journey from a working-class family to an artist in exile has profoundly shaped his unique artistic language, defying simple categorization.
Geers gained international recognition early in his career, with notable participation in the 1997 Johannesburg Biennale and Documenta 11 in 2002, curated by the esteemed Okwui Enwezor. In 2013, Enwezor further cemented Geers' significance by curating his retrospective at the prestigious Haus der Kunst in Munich. Now based in Brussels, Geers continues to push artistic boundaries, creating works that resonate globally while remaining firmly rooted in his African identity and experiences.
