Kathryn Lasater
Senior Vice President, Managing Director
Client Management
Christie’s San Francisco
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Event date Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm or by appointment
Situated in downtown San Francisco's iconic Gallery Building at 49 Geary, Christie's showcases auction highlights, hosts private sales and educational events, and serves as a nexus for collectors, institutions, and advisors. Our specialists offer comprehensive services including art appraisal, financing, and international real estate. With auctions spanning 80+ art and luxury categories from $500 to $100+ million, we welcome the opportunity to assist with your buying or selling needs. Please email or telephone our office directly to make an appointment.
Past Films and Panels have included:
2025 – Artemisia (film screening)
Panelists: Kathryn Everett, Director and Producer; Sara Friedlander, Deputy Chairman, Post-War Contemporary Art, Christie’s; Andrea Roth, Roth Art Group; Nicole Shipley, Director, Co-Founder & CEO of Safe Space Pictures Foundation; Sarah Thornton, Writer and Sociologist
2024 – We Start With The Things We Find (film screening)
Panelists: Ada Tolia, Founding Partner, LOT-EK; Giuseppe Lignano, Founding Partner, LOT-EK; Thomas Piper, Filmmaker; Jennfier Dunlop Fletcher, Helen Hilton Raiser Curator and Head of Architecture and Design, SFMOMA
2023 – Hopper: An American Love Story (film screening)
Panelists: Eric Widing, Deputy Chairman, American Art, Christie's; Cynthia Weber Cascio, Executive Producer of Hopper: An American Love Story
2022 – Welcome to the Neighborhood (film screening)
Panelists: Lori Fogarty, Director and CEO, Oakland Museum of California; Mildred Howard, artist; Pam Uzzell, Film Director; moderated by Paul David Henderson, Executive Director, San Francisco Department of Police Accountability (SFDPA)
2020 – Radical: Italian Design 1965-1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection (presentation)
Speakers: Dennis Freedman, Collector; Cindi Strauss, the Sara and Bill Morgan Curator of Decorative Arts, Design, Craft, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2019 – Artist Talk: Amie Siegel (panel discussion)
Panelists: Amie Siegel, artist; Elizabeth Thomas, independent curator
2018 – Eames Forward: An Informal Celebration of the Innovative World of Charles and Ray (film screening and dance performance)
Panelists: Michael Boyd, designer and collector; Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, SFMOMA; and Kristin Damrow, choreographer; moderated by Simon Andrews, Christie’s
2017 – Brillo Box (3¢ off) (film screening)
Panelists: Lisanne Skyler, Director, Brillo Box (3¢ off), Laura Paulson, Christie’s; Gary Garrells, SFMOMA; moderated by Noah Cowan, SF Film Society
2016 – Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (film screening)
Panelists: Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Director, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict; Janet Bishop, Weisel Family Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA
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Our team
Sydney Reaper
Client Management Coordinator
Client Management
Sarah Wendell Sherrill
Head of Business Development, West Coast
Client Management
Andrew Lueck
Vice President, Specialist
Asian Art
How to find us
Christie’s San Francisco
Location
49 Geary Street, Suite 530
San Francisco, CA 94108
Hours
Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm
Or by appointment
Contact
+1 415 982 0982
sf@christies.com
Accessibility
Christie’s San Francisco
Christie’s is improving access in all our salerooms and galleries to ensure everyone can enjoy the exceptional art and objects we offer. Please contact Client Services at +1 212 636 2000 with any enquiries regarding your visit.
Our San Francisco gallery includes:
- Wheelchair accessibility to building entry and all galleries
- Accessible passenger and freight elevators
- Accessible toilets
- Braille suite signage
- Braille restroom signage
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