About Lauren
Dr. Lauren Rotenberg advises private collectors in the United States and internationally on acquisitions, sales, collection strategy, and art-market intelligence across postwar and contemporary art.
Lauren was formerly core faculty in the MA Contemporary Art department at Sotheby’s Institute of Art London and has lectured at Goldsmiths and University College London. She began her career at Heffel Fine Art Auction House before moving to London, where she completed an MA and PhD in History of Art at University College London.
Her curatorial and public programming work includes projects with Tate Britain, Gasworks, and Camden Arts Centre. Her writing has appeared in Public Art Dialogue, Object, and The Telegraph, and she has presented at international conferences including the Association of Art Historians and the College Art Association. She appears as an art expert in the documentary Drift, which premiered at SXSW in 2026.
In 2015, Lauren was invited to develop the acquisition strategy for an eight-figure contemporary art collection. The experience marked a turning point, shaping an advisory methodology that combines art-historical approaches to value with timely, data-informed market analysis, access, and judgement.
In 2020, Lauren co-founded and was CEO of Art Block, a curated fine art NFT marketplace and one of twenty ventures selected globally for Creative Destruction Lab. That same year, she co-founded Postavant, which has since evolved into an independent advisory supporting collectors on the development, growth, and divestment of postwar and contemporary art collections.
Today, she brings twenty years of combined scholarly, curatorial, and market experience to advising on collections of lasting cultural and market significance.
Dr. Lauren Rotenberg is a contemporary art historian and advisor specialising in postwar and contemporary art.
She advises private collectors in the United States and internationally on sourcing, acquisitions, sales, collection strategy, and art-market intelligence, bringing together scholarship, curatorial judgment, and market analysis.
Lauren was formerly core faculty in the MA Contemporary Art Programme at Sotheby’s Institute of Art London and has lectured at Goldsmiths and University College London. She holds a BA from McGill University and began her career at Heffel Fine Art Auction House in Toronto before moving to London, where she completed an MA and PhD in History of Art at University College London. Her doctoral research examined contemporary art since the 1990s in relation to cultural value, globalization, and the evolution of the avant-garde. Her writing has appeared in publications including Public Art Dialogue, Object, and The Telegraph, and she has presented at international conferences including the Association of Art Historians and the College Art Association. Her curatorial and public programming track record includes projects with Tate Britain, Gasworks, and Camden Arts Centre.
In 2015, Lauren was invited to develop the acquisition strategy for an eight-figure contemporary art collection, an experience that shaped her advisory approach grounded in connoisseurship, rigorous research, and market analysis.
Since 2020, Lauren has worked independently with collectors, applying this approach to collection development, acquisitions, sales, and art-market intelligence. She brings two decades of scholarly, curatorial, and market experience to advising on collections of lasting cultural and financial significance
About
Dr. Lauren Rotenberg is a contemporary art historian and advisor specialising in postwar and contemporary art.
She advises private collectors in the United States and internationally on sourcing, acquisitions, sales, collection strategy, and art-market intelligence, bringing together scholarship, curatorial judgment, and market analysis.
Background
With over twenty years of experience across institutional and commercial contexts, Lauren’s work bridges the gaps between academic scholarship, curatorial practice, and the art market.
She was core faculty in the MA Contemporary Art program at Sotheby’s Institute of Art and lectured on contemporary art in the History of Art Department at University College London and in the Fine Art Department at Goldsmiths.
Lauren has curated and led public programming at leading institutions, including Tate Britain, Gasworks, and Camden Arts Centre.
Advisory
Her advisory work supports collectors in building bespoke, focused collections with long-term cultural and market significance.
In 2015, Lauren was invited to develop the acquisition strategy for an eight-figure contemporary art collection, an experience that shaped her advisory approach grounded in connoisseurship, rigorous research, and market analysis.
Selected Engagements & Media
Lauren delivers art education for private banks and advisory groups, including HSBC and Ernst & Young. Her research and writings appear in Public Art Dialogue, Object, and the Daily Telegraph, and she has participated in panels with organizations including the Association of Art Historians and the College Art Association.
Lauren appears in the documentary Drift, which premiered at SXSW in 2026.
