Muys Snijders

Head of Art Collections at AIG

Muys Snijders is the Head of the America’s Post-War & Contemporary Art Department. Based in New York, Muys is responsible for leading all Bonhams Post-War & Contemporary Art business in America, furthering Bonhams relationships with consignors and buyers, and expanding the business into new services and capabilities in this highly competitive area of the art market.

Muys joins Bonhams from another international auction house, where she worked in a great variety of roles, including most recently as the Managing Director of Americas. Prior to this role, she worked in the New York Post War & Contemporary Art Department where, as Global Client Strategy Director, she oversaw the sourcing and sales management of 45 auctions annually, as well as private sales and ecommerce for Post-War & Contemporary worldwide in her capacity as Business and Private Sales Director. Muys holds an MA in Art History and Classical Archaeology from Leiden University in the Netherlands, as well as an MA in Arts Management from Greenwich University and an MA in Art Market Appraisal from Kingston University in the United Kingdom. Muys is also a graduate of the Senior Executive Leadership Programme for China from Harvard Business School, Tsinghua University in Beijing, and CEIBS in Shanghai. She is multilingual and a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).