Tobias Meyer (born 1962/1963) is a German-born, New York-based art dealer.
Early life
Meyer was born near Frankfurt, Germany,
and earned a degree from the
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...
in 1988.
Career
Meyer started work for Christie's in London as a junior cataloguer.
He joined
Sotheby's
Sotheby's ( ) is a British-founded multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine art, fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. It has 80 locations in 40 countries, an ...
in 1992 running its contemporary art department in London.
He was Sotheby's chief auctioneer and worldwide head of
contemporary art
Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, generally referring to art produced from the 1970s onwards. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a ...
from 1997 until his departure in November 2013.
In 2014,
The Guardian
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named him in their "Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world".
[
In 2016, Meyer became a member of the visiting committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts of ]The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the third-largest museum in the world and the largest art museum in the Americas. With 5.36 million v ...
, New York.
In October 2017, ''The New York Times
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'' reported that Meyer has been named sole representative of and advisor to the family of the late publishing magnate Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr.
Samuel Irving "S.I." Newhouse Jr. (November 8, 1927 – October 1, 2017) was an American heir to a substantial magazine and media business. Together with his brother Donald, he owned Advance Publications, founded by their late father in 1922, who ...
on all matters relating to his art collection.
Personal life
In 2011, he married art advisor Mark Fletcher, and they live in New York City and New Milford, Connecticut.Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind (born May 12, 1946) is a Polish–American architect, artist, professor and set designer. Libeskind founded Studio Daniel Libeskind in 1989 with his wife, Nina, and is its principal design architect.
He is known for the design a ...
.
References
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Living people
German art dealers
German auctioneers
Year of birth missing (living people)
1960s births
Sotheby's people
20th-century German LGBTQ people
21st-century German LGBTQ people