Andrew Decker is the sole proprietor of Andrew Decker Communications, which works largely in the field of visual arts. He began his career in writing in 1982 as a free-lance journalist with a series of service articles that provided useful information to art collectors and dealers and news items. His stories in ARTnews on Nazi art loot revealed that Austria was still holding, 40 years after World War II, works of art and personal property confiscated from Jews and other enemies of the Third Reich.. The series, which ran from 1984 to 1996, triggered widespread interest and legal actions relating to Nazi looted art that continue to this day and led Austria to change its laws regarding the restitution of personal property to victims of fascism.

Other notable stories shed light on the workings of the mysterious Nahmad family, who had never been profiled before, and the disputes over the O’Keeffe and Picasso estates. He also broke ground with a feature story regarding Willem de Kooning’s progressing dementia and what it meant for his art. He won journalism awards regarding Nazi art loot and the Nahmad articles. He never wrote art criticism.

In 2001, after working for a dot com for two years, Decker started working independently in the field of public relations. He has handled press campaigns for museums and art galleries and cultural institutions.

Prior to his work in reporting and communications, he was an Assistant Vice President at Sotheby’s. He graduated from Brown University, in Providence, RI, with a BA in Semiotics.

He lives in New York City.