Barbara Guggenheim is an internationally respected art consultant and a partner in the art advisory firm Guggenheim, Asher Associates, with offices in New York and Los Angeles. She was a lecturer for the Whitney Museum and worked for both Sotheby's and Christie's. She is a frequent contributor of humorous essays to magazines such as W, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar. Traveling non-stop in search of art for her clients, Barbara lives a bicoastal life between Los Angeles and New York with her husband, Bert Fields, an entertainment attorney.