Emily Thompson has over 20 years of experience valuing fine art and maintains a deep engagement with the art market, with specializations including post-war, contemporary and emerging art, with additional experience in impressionist and modern paintings, drawings, and sculpture. Ms. Thompson has valued thousands of artworks for purposes including collateral lending and investment, financial and estate tax planning and insurance and partial loss as a specialist at international advisory and appraisal firms, as an art specialist at Emigrant Bank Fine Art Finance and as an appraiser for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Ms. Thompson is a member of PAIAM (Professional Advisors to the International Art Market) and maintains an adjunct faculty position at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art (SIA) where she teaches courses on the fundamentals of art valuation. She holds chair and faculty positions with the Estate Planning Council of New York (EPCNYC), the Ultra High Net Worth Institute (UHNWI) and the Phi Beta Kappa Society of New York (PBK) and graduated cum laude from Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a dual degree in Art History and English and from New York University (NYU) with an MA in Visual Arts Administration.