Bebe Leone is a private art advisor and independent curator with a focus on emerging contemporary artists.
Bebe works with an international client base providing guidance to new as well as to seasoned collectors helping them build meaningful art collections with a potential to gain financial value over time.
SERVICES
Art Market and Collection Management
Bebe offers assitance for the acquisition and sale of contemporary artworks both on primary and secondary market.
She offers continuos updates on the market through visits to artists studios, galleries and major art fairs.
She provides market research on artists through reports and auction results, private sales, exhibition history and future events that may influence the artist’s market.
She advises and assists on all collection management activities including logistics, installation, storage, insurance, evaluation and collection database.
Consulting
Bebe offers strategic business development to private entities and public art bodies.
She supports galleries and artists willing to expand their network and sales by leveraging specifically on the decade spent in the Middle East working as a consultant and a gallery director.
She can manage bespoke art projects for brands, public bodies and cultural organizations, guiding the creative process to ensure a successful collaboration across the board.
ABOUT
Bebe has been immersed in art and design since her childhood, and developed a natural aesthetic sensibility, which is the backbone of her career.
After a degree in History of Arts from Universita’ degli Studi in Bologna, Bebe shaped her ability to curate and promote art projects while working at the Cultural department of the Italian Embassy in Bangkok.
Strong of her international experience, she earned a masters degree at ESCP Business school and a certificate in Design Management at Parsons Paris, then moved her first steps as an independent design and art consultant in Dubai.
In Dubai Bebe discretely assisted her clients selecting works tailored to their needs and style, working side by side with reknown architects, building several private collections, with a unique taste and genuine sensitivity to the artistic requirements of each environment .
Bebe worked as a consultant for public and private cultural institutions in the UAE, curating exhibitions at galleries as well as public events; in 2019 she curated Sikka Art Festival, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority’s flagship event.
Most recently, in her role as Associate Director at Lawrie Shabibi Gallery in Dubai she further deepened her knowledge of the art market and strengthened the international art world network that gives her now unique access to artists, galleries, and artworks.
As an independent curator, she actively promotes contemporary Italian artists and designers abroad.
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