Shir Kochavi is an art historian with extensive expertise in curatorial work and provenance research. She received her PhD from the University of Leeds and holds an MA in the History and Business of Art and Collection from the Institut d'Etudes Supérieures des Arts, Paris and a second MA in Law Studies from the Bar Ilan University, Israel. Shir published several articles on material cultural and provenance research and her first book is planned to come out in 2024 with Routledge Press.She is currently teaching at Bar Ilan University while working on a post-doc project that focuses on the post Holocaust period within the framework of art markets, collecting cultural heritage and commemoration. Her research interests include twentieth-century Jewish history, gender studies, Jewish ritual objects, museology, and the history of collecting