If you’ve been a regular VIP at Art Basel in the past few years, you know her name: Michèle Sandoz. She was the Global Head of VIP Relations at Art Basel for almost a decade and is now the Managing Director of Grisebach Switzerland, a German auction house. Michèle Sandoz has an intercultural background, having been born in Zimbabwe to Swiss parents and growing up in various African countries. She studied Sinology and East Asian art at the University of Zurich after a trip to China before she entered the art market working for the auction house Koller Auktionen.

In the first episode of season 2 of Swizz Art Biz, the art world habituée tells our host Tanya König how her background influenced her career choice, what she liked about the current Venice Biennale curated by Brazilian Adriano Pedrosa—the first Latin American and openly queer curator in the history of the Biennale—about her current trip to Art Basel Hong Kong, and what she is planning with Grisebach Switzerland.

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Host/Producer: Tanya König

Intern/Co-Producer: Marcell Márthon

Recorded at Tablecast Studio by Christoph Soltmannowski

Photo credit: © Noé Cotter