Art et Finance
Specialist in arts asset management and consultancy
For Moderne Art Fair, Abelis is making available the services of Art & Finance, a company that offers its clients a complete range of services covering all their art-related needs: advice on the acquisition and resale of works of art, brokerage, acquisition financing through leasing, collection management through the valuation of existing collections, and all the logistics (transport, insurance, storage) of works of art. This structure, which aims to be a ‘360° of art’, also incorporates a wealth management approach, in order to provide the best possible expertise to its clients concerned about their investments. Acquiring works of art for professional purposes can have a number of distinct objectives. There is a suitable acquisition method for each of them. An expert will be on hand to guide you and your buyers through the process.
Christian Le Dorze, fondateur du Bonisson Art Center
Objective
Submit a global offer to centralise all its clients’ art needs:
– Specialist expert advice covering all artistic periods
– Deciphering the art market
– Building and financing a collection
– Loans secured by works of art and collectors’ items
– Managing and monitoring works of art
– Protection and long-term planning
Advice on acquisitions and sales
Art & Finance’s role is to help customers acquire one or more works of art:
– Establish the client’s artistic tastes and needs in order to make a tailor-made offer.
– Knowing the art market, galleries and auction houses, in order to find the works of art that will meet their expectations.
– Negotiate the best prices with a view to acquisition.
Appraisal, inventory, evaluation and valuation
Art & Finance works closely with private collectors, family offices, lawyers and brokers to estimate the value of a particular work or to help manage a collection.
Logistics: transport, storage, insurance
Logistics are an integral part of Art & Finance’s 360-degree solution, accompanying the customer once the acquisition has been completed.
Art & Finance works with the best specialised transporters and art insurers to guarantee a tailor-made protection solution.
Advice on artistic heritage
Art & Finance offers its clients a wealth advisory service to help them structure, own, sell or transfer works of art. This enables them to preserve their assets.