Matt Carey-Williams quits Phillips for Blain Southern

Matt Carey-Williams, who joined Phillips from White Cube in 2015, is going back to the gallery world and will start at Blain Southern in London as a director in September. The move, only two-and-a-half years after Carey-Williams became Phillipss deputy chairman for Europe and Asia, is the auction houses first high-profile departure from London since Edward Dolman joined as chief executive in 2014.
 
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