Amy Whitaker

Assistant Professor, New York University’s Steinhardt School

Amy Whitaker is an assistant professor of visual arts management in the Department of Art and Art Professions at New York University’s Steinhardt School. She was previously a member of the art business faculty at the Sotheby’s Institute and taught courses in business as a design medium at the School of Visual Arts, the Rhode Island School of Design, and Williams College. From 2015 to 2016, Whitaker was the first entrepreneur-in-residence at the New Museum Incubator. She has also worked in finance, art museums, and start-ups. Whitaker’s most recent book, Art Thinking, has been featured in the Financial Times, Vanity Fair, the Boston Globe, and elsewhere.