Marc Spiegler (born 1968) is the global director of Art Basel, since 2012. Before was co-director de Art Basel (2007 - 2012). Spiegler is the successor of Sam Keller. Spegler was born in Chicago from a French mother and an American father. He grew up in Chicago where his parents taught politics. He studied Political Science in the US between 1986 and 1990, and attended the Medill School of Journalism in Chicago from 1992 to 1994, earning a Masters of Journalism. He has been a freelance art journalist and columnist since 1998, writing for such magazines and newspapers as The Art Newspaper, Monopol (de), Art+Auction Magazine, ARTnews Magazine, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and New York Magazine. He has also served as moderator and panelist at various symposiums and round tables. In 2008 he was appointed co-director of Art Basel with Annette Schönholzer.