Maryam Eisler

Chief Contributing Editor

Maryam Eisler is a London–based photographer and author. She regularly contributes photographic stories and artist interviews to LUX. She has also contributed photographically and editorially to Vanity Fair (‘On Art’ – UK), Harpers Bazaar Art, Harpers Bazaar Interiors and Vogue Arabia.

Simon de Pury

Senior Contributing Editor

Auctioneer, art dealer, curator, photographer and DJ, Simon de Pury is one of the leading figures in the art world. For LUX, he writes about the art market, emerging trends and digitalisation.

Samantha Welsh

Leaders and Philanthropists Editor

Samantha Welsh is a Contributing Editor of LUX, with responsibility for interviews in our Philanthropists and Leaders series. She is a Partner of Quartet Consulting, and has spent more than 20 years advising private clients on luxury, retail and real estate assets and strategy, based in Paris and London. She also is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and graduate of the Institut de Construction et Habitation, Paris.

Maria Sukkar

Senior Contributing Editor

Maria Sukkar is a collector and philanthropist based in London. 
Maria is a member of the International Council at Tate and co-chairs their Middle Eastern Acquisitions Committee (MENAAC). Maria also sits on the board at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA).

Jonathan Newhouse

Senior Contributing Artist

Jonathan Newhouse is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Conde Nast, a role he has held since 2019. Previously he served nearly 30 years as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Conde Nast International. Jonathan is the Senior Contributing Artist for LUX and is based in London.

Rachel Verghis

Contributor

Rachel Verghis is an art collector and entrepreneur based between London and Sydney. Having founded goo.ey, Spare Rib Projects, and MarGin gin, Rachel has held board roles at Tate APAC, Biennale of Sydney, MCA Sydney, and the Sherman Centre. She currently sits on the Hayward Gallery Commissioning Committee, British Council UK Circle, Tate International Council, and is a patron of the Serpentine Gallery.

Marie-Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

Contributor

Marie-Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre is the founder of Spirit Now London, an international community of patrons and collectors supporting major art institutions. Within this philanthropic mission, Marie-Laure chairs The Spirit of Giving Committee, which oversees the Spirit Now London Acquisition Prize with Frieze.

Umberta Gnutti Beretta

Contributor

Umberta Gnutti Beretta is a collector, philanthropist and patron of the arts. The founder of Spazio Almag, she is also honorary director of the Palazzo Monti Art Residency, a member of ‘Il Cerchio’, supporting Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, and sits on the board of the Pinoteca di Brera Museum. Umberta is an entrepreneur and the president of HUG Holding, her family business.

Princess Alia Al-Senussi

Contributor

Dr Alia Al-Senussi is a renowned member of the global contemporary art world, an active cultural strategist, writer, patron, public speaker and academic. She holds a number of non-profit board and committee positions at organisations such as Tate (Tate Modern Advisory Council and the Middle East North Africa Acquisitions Committee) and Guggenheim (Middle East Council). Alia is the founding Chairman of the K11 International Council and the Global Co-Chair of the LACMA Ambassadors. She is a Senior Advisor to Art Basel, and to the Saudi Ministry of Culture.

Maria Webster

Managing Editor

Maria Webster is LUX’s Managing Editor. With over 20 years of experience, including 12 at Condé Nast Britain, she has coordinated projects from the worlds of luxury, fashion, business, travel, contemporary art.

Marion Jones

Editorial Manager and Chief Sub-Editor

Guy Ranawake

Finance Director

Olivia Cavigioli

Editorial Associate and Art Prize Coordinator

Olivia Cavigioli graduated the University of Oxford in 2025 with a bachelors in English Literature, during which she worked as a writer and editor on several student publications. Olivia manages the online content at LUX, and coordinates various initiatives including the LUX Patina Art Residency. Her interests include cultural criticism, art, music and travel.

Annie Preston

Graduate Trainee and Social Media Manager

Annie Preston graduated from Leeds University with a degree in History of Art. Her interests include art, fast cars and fashion. She was Coordinator and judge liaison for the Oxford Review of Books Art Prize. She now works at LUX as the Graduate Trainee and assistant to the Editor-in-Chief, supporting all areas across LUX, from social media to writing and creating features in print.