Sarah Hetherington

Sarah Hetherington is an independent art advisor supporting private and corporate clients to navigate the global art market and build meaningful art collections. With over two decades’ experience, Sarah uses specialist knowledge and an extensive network of relationships to provide a wholistic, client-focused approach to collecting art.

 

Sarah was most recently Director, Galleries at Sydney Contemporary – Australasia’s premier art fair – where she was responsible for sales and the client relationship management for over 95 leading galleries from Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Sarah was instrumental in further strengthening the reputation and impact of Sydney Contemporary nationally and internationally, to the benefit of commercial galleries and their artists, facilitating over AU$85million worth in art sales across three physical and two digital editions of the Fair.

 

In 2023, Sarah held the curatorial responsibility of Installation Contemporary delivering 13 large-scale, ambitious art projects by Indigenous, Australian and international artists located throughout the iconic architecture of Carriageworks, Sydney.

 

Sarah previously held positions at the Biennale of Sydney as Benefaction Manager (2015-2018), Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney as Gallery Manager (2009-2015) and at Ivan Dougherty Gallery, UNSW as Curator (2008). As a freelance art, architecture and design writer, Sarah is a member of the International Art Critics Association (AICA) and was a Board Director of Art Month Sydney during its inaugural year (2009-2010).

 

Sarah is now the Indo-Pacific Correspondent for Indesign and a regular contributor to Habitus Living and Artist Profile. Sarah has contributed essays and profiles for museum publications including Heide Museum of Modern Art’s Cubism and Australian Art and Artspace’s Column. She has also interviewed leading contemporary artists including Bill Viola, Haegue Yang and Lee Ufan and has been published in ArtReview, Art Monthly Australasia, Ocula, The Art World, Eyeline, Vault - Art & Culture, Artlink and The Art Market Report.

 

Professional services include:

• Advice on starting, building and refining an art collection
• Artist commissions
• Appraisal and strategic deaccessioning; valuations
• Collection management and logistics
• Art education, including private tours of artist studios, commercial galleries, art museums, local and international art fairs and biennales
• Art market insights, industry intelligence and research
• Writing and publishing
• Sales and business development; philanthropy; government and corporate partnerships; the delivery of major events, biennales, art fairs and festivals.