Thursday, December 4, 2025, 7.00pm to 9.00pm EST
You’re warmly invited to a special reception graciously hosted by alumnus Graham Walsh (Trinity Hall, 1982) and Candace Maher-Walsh at their home in Miami Beach.
William O'Reilly (Fitzwilliam College, 1992) will facilitate an engaging discussion on the arts between two distinguished guest speakers, India Phillips (Christ's College, 2003) and Simon Kelly (Jesus College, 1988). Join us for a thought-provoking conversation, delightful company, and a celebration of creativity in a vibrant coastal setting.
If you have any questions, please reach out to events@cantab.org.
Date: Thursday, December 4, 2025
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Location: Address will be shared in registration reminder before the event.
Speakers
India Phillips is a seasoned leader in the auction world as a modern art specialist and the former Managing Director of Bonhams EMEA. A History of Art graduate from Christ’s College, Cambridge, she began her career in museums—including the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice and the Musée d’Orsay in Paris—before transitioning to the auction industry as a Modern Art specialist at Christie’s London.
India has been instrumental in elevating the Impressionist & Modern Art department, spearheading major sales across the US, UK, and Europe, including the landmark Alan and Simone Hartman Collection. Renowned for her connoisseurship and trusted relationships with collectors, she brings together deep scholarly expertise and sharp commercial insight.
Simon Kelly leads the Modern and Contemporary Art Department at the Saint Louis Art Museum. His most recent exhibition is 2024’s Matisse and the Sea, which examined, for the very first time, Matisse’s career-spanning fascination with the sea through a wide range of media: paintings, sculptures, textiles, ceramics, and paper cut-outs. Originally from England, Simon earned degrees from Cambridge and Oxford. As a curator, Simon has worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. He has written extensively on French painting and sculpture, including books on Monet, Matisse, Degas, and the Barbizon School artists.
William O’Reilly, President of Argonaut Fine Art Ltd., has been active in the international art market for more than 25 years. In that time he has gained extensive experience acting for clients at the highest level in sourcing and selling paintings, sculpture and works on paper from the Renaissance to today. William joined Christie’s London as a graduate trainee in
1998, and in the following year moved into the Old Master Drawings Department at King Street as a junior specialist. Rising through the ranks, he ran sales in London, Paris, Amsterdam and New York, and worked with collectors, curators and other professionals around the world. He became Head of Department in 2005.
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