Lisa Schiff

In October 2024, Schiff pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to wire fraud, for stealing $6.5 million from clients.

She is the founder and president of SFA Advisory (Schiff Fine Art)[2] with offices in New York, Los Angeles and London.

Later, Schiff attended the Graduate Center at the City University of New York,[9] where she advanced to doctoral candidate (ABD),[10] in art history.

She spent several years working for the auction house Phillips, de Pury and Luxembourg in New York as assistant to the CEO and as manager of international operations.

[20] Around this exhibition a panel discussion, featuring a key note speech from economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin, was hosted at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.

[24] In addition, she lectures and sits on panels[8] such as discussions on the relationship between art and environmentalism at Design Miami 2017[25] and Basel 2018.

[35] In August 2023, documents were released revealing more claims filed against Schiff by collectors and galleries for both money and missing artworks.