Hi there
I'm Kira Bayankina, a Russia-born, Mexico City-based art advisor and curator who believes that great art should make you stop in your tracks and maybe question everything you thought you knew.
As curator at Call Me Lola, a live-in art gallery in Mexico City, I get to live and breathe contemporary art daily. With my international background and MA in Art Business from Sotheby's Institute, I help collectors navigate the art world and build collections that are both meaningful and conversation-starting.
Whether I'm curating exhibitions or advising collectors, my mission is simple: connect people with art that moves them. Because in a world full of noise, shouldn't your walls tell stories worth listening to?
Education & Expertise
2012 - 2014
MA Art Business
2011 - 2012
BA Art History
Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, NY
Thesis: “Third party guarantees in the auction market”.
Long Island University, Brookville, NY
The Ercole & Joyce Rosa Award for
the Outstanding Senior in Art History
2022 - present
2020 - 2022
Independent art advisor, Mexico City, Mexico
Independent art advisor, Saint Petersburg,
Russia
2015 - 2018
Arts Wanted Limited, art advisor, Moscow, Russia
2014
2014
2013
2012
Cosmoscow International Art Fair, VIP manager, Moscow, Russia
artnet Auctions, photography department, New York, NY
Museum of Russian Art, New Jersey, NJ
Horton Gallery, New York