Recent Key Departures at Phillips Point to a Pivot in Strategy

Last week, ARTnews reported on a number of recent departures at Phillips auction house, including those of chairman of private sales Miety Heiden and chairman for Asia Jonathan Crockett, key members of the executive leadership. We can now additionally report that Joseph Prindle, chief technology officer, and Katherine Thorpe Kerr, global director of client strategy, have also left.In conversations with several people with intimate knowledge of Phillips, past and present, it appears Phillips has