Lauren Pheeney Della Monica graduated from Vanderbilt with a degree in art history and Spanish Literature in 1995. Lauren completed a program in art connoisseurship at Christie’s, NY. She then worked at an American paintings gallery and at the Citibank Private Bank Art Advisory Service, assisting clients with purchasing fine art and valuing artwork for loan portfolios. As a complement to her arts training, Lauren received her JD in 2001. While in law school, she interned in the General Counsel’s office at The Museum of Modern Art. Lauren practiced commercial litigation and art law at a firm for two years. She then launched her art consulting business, LPDM Fine Art Consulting, in 2004.
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