Art Services

Perhaps more than any other asset, art can form part of a client’s or family’s identity. Whether this is a collection built up over multiple generations, or a portfolio carefully curated for maximising investment potential, art is a specialist asset class and occupies both business and pleasure.

While the art is something to be enjoyed, clients often face challenges with its ownership. As the lives of art owning families become increasingly international, and the values of individual pieces reach sometimes incredible heights, the fiscal governance over portfolios is becoming increasingly important to ensure that wealth is not eroded by taxation, unnecessarily depressed transaction values, fraud or theft.

As assets are capable of surviving multiple generations, it is important to correctly structure the ownership of art portfolios to ensure long term asset protection, while remaining empathetic to the particular piece of art. Whether dealing with the private ownership of an old master kept at the family home, or a dynamic portfolio of modern art lent out to galleries or moved between houses or yachts, we will maintain strong governance over the collections held in the appropriate structures.

We help our clients with the purchase, sale, ownership and management of art portfolios through our network of industry specialists. From choosing to sell via auction or private sale, to keeping art onboard superyachts or preparing for the transfer of portfolios through the generations, we will carefully and sensitively coordinate projects to align with our clients’ varied needs.