Francesca is a respected art advisor with 20 years of experience in the industry. After completing a Bachelor of Arts degree (Hons.) majoring in Art History at the University of Sydney, Francesca joined international auction house Sotheby’s in 2005, where she became Aboriginal Art specialist. In 2010 she established the Aboriginal Art department at Bonhams, one of the world’s oldest and largest auction houses. She has handled the sales of exceptional works by some of Australia’s leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists. Her broad knowledge of the Australian art market, her professionalism and her ethical approach to provenance have earned her an excellent reputation in the field. She is a member of the Art Consulting Association of Australia.

Francesca has been instrumental in the sales of some of Australia’s most important single-owner collections such as:

• The Fred and Elinor Wrobel collection (5 sales in 2023)

• Sherman 100 from the collection of Gene and Brian Sherman (2022)

• Fairwater: The Collection of Sir Warwick and Lady Fairfax AC OBE (2019)

• Works from the estates of Sir Sidney Nolan and Lady Mary Nolan (7 sales from 2013-2023)

• Important Australian Art from the Collection of Reg Grundy AC OBE and Joy Chambers-Grundy (2013)

• The Laverty Collection: Contemporary Australian Art (2013)

• Selected works from the Estate of Paddy Bedford (2011)

She has international art market experience, regularly working with Australian collectors to consign works to salerooms in London, New York and Hong Kong to achieve outstanding results. Auction categories have included Impressionist and Modern Art, Postwar and Contemporary Art, South African art, Prints and Multiples, 19th Century Paintings, Old Master paintings, Books & Manuscripts and Decorative Arts.