HADLEY P. POWELL | FOUNDER
Hadley’s expertise spans from Old Master prints to Contemporary art. She started her career at Christie’s, New York as a specialist in the Prints & Multiples department where she researched and cataloged prints from Rembrandt to Rauschenberg. Subsequently in the Impressionist & Modern Art department, she worked on the high profile evening sales, where she advised clients buying and selling at auction and assisted in private collection management and fine art appraisals.
Hadley received a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and a minor in Economics from Union College. She holds a Master’s degree in Modern Art, Connoisseurship and the History of the Art Market from Christie’s Education, New York. Her prize-winning thesis studied the impact of the 1913 Armory Show on George Bellows's Monhegan Island, Maine paintings.
She lives in Boston, Massachusetts and Northeast Harbor, Maine.
AFFILIATIONS
Nichols House, Board Member (2025-Present)
Board of Advisors, Development Committee, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2023-Present)
Patron Committee, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2023-Present)
Leadership Council Steering Committee, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (2020-Present)
Chair, Museum Council, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2018-2020)
Board of Advisors, Development Committee, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2018-2020)
Board of Advisors, Marketing and Communications Committee, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2018-2020)
Trustee, Massachusetts State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (2018-Present)
Astrological Sign: Aries
Best Advice Received: Health is wealth
Favorite Hotel: Hotel Il Pellicano, Porto Ercole, Tuscany
Go-to Coffee Order: Iced Matcha Latte (almond milk)
Book/Podcast Obsession?: I read The New Yorker magazine every day
Favorite Museum/Gallery?: MFA Boston
Must Have Workspace Item: Second monitor, iPhone, notepad
Secret Talent: Backgammon
Favorite Quote: “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way—things I had no words for.” - Georgia O'Keeffe
Hidden Gem in Your City: Jamaica Pond