Alexander Forbes

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Alexander Forbes leads the Global Partnerships organization at Artsy and Artnet, the artworld’s leading online marketplace and market intelligence platforms. Together the twoplatforms serve over 4,000 partners and attract more than 7 million monthly visitors from 190 countries. Alexander oversees go-to-market strategy, sales, account management, and B2B marketing across the platforms’ respective product suites for galleries, auctionhouses, benefit auctions, and art fairs.

He began his career as a journalist, working as the Executive Editor of Artsy Editorial, after previously as European Market Editor for Artnet News in Berlin. He later moved into corporate development, working on M&A and strategic partnerships, before launching Artsy’s Private Sales business and taking on the Global Partnerships organization.