NEW YORK, NY.- Max Carter has been named Global Chairman of 20th and 21st Century Art, overseeing the sales, strategy and team of experts for Impressionist and Modern Art, Post-War and Contemporary Art, American Paintings, Latin American Art, Design, Photographs, Prints and Modern British Art. Carter, who most recently held the position of Chairman of 20/21 in the Americas, will now lead the strongest contributor to Christie's sales at auction and in private sales internationally. Auction sales for 20/21 at Christie's totalled $2.86 billion in 2025.

He joined Christie's in 2007 and has been instrumental in Christie's leadership in collections and masterpieces. Carter has led many of the greatest collection sales of all time, including Anne Bass, Paul Allen, S.I. Newhouse and Mica Ertegun, and he has shattered records for masterpieces across categories, from Van Gogh to Ruscha.

Carter was named Chairman of 20/21 in the Americas in September 2025. His first Marquee Week in New York achieved $965 million, the highest total at Christie's since November 2022, with 22 works sold above $10 million. He read Classics and English at Merton College, Oxford and earned an MBA and MA in Asian Studies from Columbia. Carter writes widely on art, history and literature and contributes regularly to The Wall Street Journal.