Marlene is the Curatorial Director of DANAE Paris and a seasoned contemporary art advisor. Previously head of contemporary art at LaCollection. Now based in Lyon, France, she has been navigating the contemporary art market for the past 10 years. She worked for White Cube Gallery and Christie’s in London before launching her own art advisory boutique in the fields of Post-War and Contemporary Art & Web3 Art. For the past three years, she has been The Head Curator for the French NFT platform LaCollection, leading institutional and contemporary art projects such as the online show “Web 3 Aesthetics” with Annka Kultys Gallery.

Educated at The Courtauld Institute in London (Post-Graduate Diploma in Art History) and at EM Lyon Business School in France (Thesis on the Art Market).

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We asked: What stays with you after seeing a strong work?

Marlene: "What stays with me after seeing a strong work is layered - the feeling of the encounter, the setting, the technique, and the story behind it all linger in different ways. That initial gut reaction is almost always made richer by going deeper: researching the artist's background, influences, and broader body of work."

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