Mark Kelner

Mark Kelner is a writer and curator based in Washington, DC. A graduate of George Mason University, where he studied with the novelist Vasily Aksyonov, his work has appeared in The Atlantic, Russia Beyond the Headlines and other outlets. Of note, his humorous essay, How to Sell Art to Oligarchs, was published as part of A Hedonist’s Guide to Art (Filmer/Artica, London, 2010) and was excerpted in its entirety in The Times. In 2010 he was invited to join the Board of Directors of the Hermitage Museum Foundation where he works on international contemporary art projects.