Chiara Zampetti Egidi studied History of Art at the University of Florence, Italy and at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. After an MA in arts policy and management at Birkbeck College, she continued her studies at Royal Holloway College, where her research focused on the role of the art dealer.
She worked as a provenance researcher (Art Loss Register), in a gallery, for private collectors, and taught at the Master in Art Business, Sotheby’s Institute of Art. She extensively wrote on the international art market for leading publications such as The Art Newspaper, Art in America, Artsy, Artnet and Il Sole 24 Ore. She is the author of the book on the modern and contemporary art market Guida al Mercato dell’arte moderna e contemporanea (Skira) and section editor of The International Art Market Dictionary.