Aviva Lehmann
Deputy Chairman, Fine Art
- Organisation
- Heritage Auctions
- Biography
- Aviva Lehmann is a leading voice in the American art market, with over 25 years of experience shaping the field at the highest level. As Deputy Chairman of Fine Art at Heritage Auctions, she has played a central role in expanding the firm’s presence in American Art and Illustration, bringing major collections to market and achieving record-setting results. A former specialist at Christie’s, Lehmann is known as a strategic thinker and market innovator, particularly through her work at Heritage, where she has helped redefine the market for narrative and American art. She has led landmark sales, including the Boy Scouts of America’s Norman Rockwell Collection and the Barry and Maria King Collection of Early American Modernism, and has handled masterworks by Norman Rockwell, Georgia O’Keeffe, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Andy Warhol, and J.C. Leyendecker. Most recently, she oversaw the $7.2 million sale of Rockwell’s So You Want to See the President!, acquired by the White House Historical Association. A sought-after speaker and commentator, Lehmann lectures widely on the art market and has served as an adjunct professor at New York University, where she taught Appraisal and Valuation for 5 years. She has been profiled by Artnet as a “power broker” and is a frequent media voice, with appearances on Bloomberg and Fox News and features in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes. She also serves as an art advisor for Apple TV+.
Speaker on
The US Art Market today
Session
21/05/2026
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09:50 - 10:35