Bio

Rebecca Anne Proctor is the former Editor-in-Chief of Harper’s Bazaar Art and Harper’s Bazaar Interiors, a role she held since January 2015. Before joining Harper's, Rebecca edited the UAE edition of T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Her writing has been published in The New York Times Style Magazine; Bloomberg Businessweek, Canvas, AramcoWorld, The Jewish Insider, The Circuit, Artnet News, Frieze, BBC World, The Forward, Arab News, Al-Monitor, Galerie, Ocula, The Defense Post, The National, ArtNews and The Business of Fashion. She is an international consultant for Rizzoli Books and also regularly writes texts for books and catalogues on Middle Eastern and African art and culture. Her forthcoming book ''Art in Saudi Arabia: A New Creativity Economy?'' that authored with Alia Al-Senussi will be published by Lund Humphries in Spring 2023. Rebecca obtained her M. Litt from Christie’s London in Modern and Contemporary Art History after which she worked at Gagosian Gallery before moving to Paris to pursue a double MA in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Conflict Resolution from the American University of Paris and a Master’s in Sociologie des Conflits (Sociology of Conflicts) from the L’Institut Catholique, also in Paris. She is a highly in-demand speaker and moderator on cultural and current affairs throughout the Middle East, Europe and the US. Through her work Rebecca argues that art and culture are a means to enhance cross-cultural dialogue and foster socio-economic change.