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Sandra Hindman
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENTSandra divides her time between Paris, Chicago, and New York. Expert in manuscript illumination, Sandra Hindman holds a Ph.D. in the History of Art and has written many books and articles on the subject of illuminated manuscripts. She is Professor Emerita of Art History at Northwestern University..
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Laura Pauly
BUSINESS MANAGER - CHICAGO AND NEW YORKLaura holds a MBA from the University of Houston with a specialization in accounting and finance and a B.S. degree in Geological Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin. She has worked as an independent accountant for over 20 years for a variety of different businesses. She joined Les Enluminures in September of 2012.
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Tomas Borchert
ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR - NEW YORKTomas holds a BA in Art History with a minor in Legal Studies from the University of Sussex in Brighton and an MA in History from Leiden University. He joined Les Enluminures in 2021. His responsibilities include working with clients in North and South America as well as organizing fairs and other special events in the United States and abroad.
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Emma Woods
ASSISTANT GALLERY MANAGER - CHICAGOEmma has a B.S. in Community and Nonprofit Leadership from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and an MBA in Arts and Cultural Management from IESE in Paris. She has recently worked for contemporary art galleries in Paris and Chicago and, before that, for three years for a marketing agency in Los Angeles. She is the Assistant Gallery Manager in Chicago.
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Gaia Grizzi
BUSINESS AND OFFICE MANAGER - PARISGaia received her Laurea degree in Art History in 2005 from the University of Parma in Italy, where she specialized in medieval iconography. She earned a Masters I from the École du Louvre in Museology and a Masters II in the Art Market with a thesis on medieval manuscripts. She joined Les Enluminures in 2007 and as Office Manager oversees Paris operations, accounting, and publications.
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Karen Gennaro
OPERATIONS MANAGER - PARISKaren holds a degree in literature from the University of Udine in Italy. She served as Office Manager in Paris for 5 years before leaving to work in television in Italy for 2 years. She rejoined the team at Les Enluminures in 2010 and is predominantly responsible for web content of the portal site and the rings site, as well as supporting aspects of European operations.
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Fleur Callegari
ART DIRECTOR - PARISFleur holds a First Class BA (Hons.) degree in Art History from the University of Manchester. She joins Les Enluminures in 2017, following ten years of experience in the auction world at Sotheby's and Pierre Bergé & Associés. Her responsibilities include working with European clients and organizing art fairs and other special events in Europe.
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Fabio Epifani
DIGITAL CONTENT DIRECTOR - PARISFabio received a Laurea degree in Archaeology and Art History from the University of Milan in 2008 and a Specialized Masters in Management of Cultural and Artistic Activities from the ESCP-Europe in Paris in 2010. He joined Les Enluminures in 2011 and oversees updates of the websites.
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Laura Light
DIRECTOR AND SENIOR SPECIALIST, TEXT-MANUSCRIPTSLaura holds degrees in history from Bryn Mawr College and in medieval history from UCLA. She has published widely on the Paris Bible and its precursors, including an exhibition catalogue on the Bible for Harvard University, where she worked as cataloguer of medieval manuscripts at the Houghton Library. She has recently edited a book on “Form and Function in the Late Medieval Bible.” She is in charge of cataloguing projects for text manuscripts.
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Katja Monier
SPECIALIST, TEXT-MANUSCRIPTSKatja holds a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Edinburgh and has over 15 years of experience in researching medieval manuscripts. She has worked as a manuscripts librarian at Leeds University Library and on research projects on manuscripts and tapestries at the IRHT-CNRS and the National Trust. She catalogues text manuscripts and books of hours for Les Enluminures since 2018.
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Beatriz Chadour-Sampson
SENIOR SPECIALIST, JEWELRYBased in England Beatriz is an internationally known jewelry historian with publications ranging from Antiquity to the present day: Doctoral thesis on the goldsmith Antonio Gentili da Faenza (1980); the jewelry collection of the Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne (1985) and rings from the Alice and Louis Koch Collection (1994), today in the Swiss National Museum, where she is a consultant. At the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, she was the curator for the William and Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery.