Lacy Davisson

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About Lacy Davisson

Lacy Davisson earned her MA from the NYU Institute of Fine Arts and is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. She has over 20 years of experience in the art business in New York, Paris and Milan. Ms. Davisson was formerly an art advisor at the Museum of Modern Art’s Art Advisory Service, European Promotion Director at Artforum International Magazine in Paris and Milan, and Assistant Director at Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York. She has lectured on modern and contemporary art for: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum, Christie’s International Auction House, the Colony Club, the Cosmopolitan Club, the Society of The Four Arts, Palm Beach and New York University’s Graduate Visual Arts Administration Program. She is a member of ArtTable and the International Association of Professional Art Advisors. She has also served on committees for: the National Academy of Design & School of Fine Arts, the New Museum, the Bronx Museum, and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. As an Art Advisor at the Museum of Modern Art, Ms. Davisson developed art collections and programs for: General Electric Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, CIGNA, Fisher Brothers, Charles H. Shaw Co, American Electric Power, and Dancer, Fitzgerald, Sample subsequently Saatchi & Saatchi. In addition, Ms. Davisson advises private clients on their modern and contemporary art acquisitions.