Europe’s Art Industry Turns to Lobbying as EU Tax Change Looms

As the owner of two galleries in Paris and another in Brussels, Nathalie Obadia’s goal is to not only follow the latest trends in art, it’s also to set the agenda.

“It’s influencing the influencers, the tastemakers,” Obadia said about her work running the galleries that bear her name.

Obadia, a graduate of the elite Sciences Po and author of “Géopolitique de l’art contemporain” (The Geopolitics of Contemporary Art), also wields her influence in another way—as a member of the French art gallery association, staying in regular contact with the various heads of cultural ministries, and the senators and deputies ...