‘We wouldn’t have anyone sign a legal document without a lawyer; we wouldn’t want anyone to be putting together a collection today without an art adviser,’ says Asher, partner in Guggenheim Asher for 23 years. As well as the finding,… Read More

Tang, which operates with small teams in New York, Miami, Philadelphia, London and Hong Kong, aims at clarity about its fees in an opaque market: 10 per cent on transactions or $500 an hour ‘depending on project and client preference’…. Read More

Nearly 250 years old it may be, but Christie’s is just as nimble as its youngest competitors. When the house saw that UHNWs wanted exquisite privacy in buying and selling art — their name and the work itself not to… Read More

Even after a rounded career in the art world — curator, writer, gallerist — there were still surprises for Emily when she became an art adviser. ‘I had to be more savvy about the market,’ she says; for the first… Read More

Art history MA Hepburne Scott founded Stonehage’s art management division in 2007, and it has thrived since the 2014 merger with Fleming Family & Partners gave it ‘new clients and new opportunities’. The department is particularly strong on the fiduciary… Read More

‘The thing about the art world is its global spread — you can find a painting in the US, and you can sell it in the Middle East. It’s all a question of knowing who to ask,’ says Macintyre. ‘You… Read More

Guerrini- Maraldi came to London from Australia ‘to live in the world’, but in doing so left behind her gallery. After a career in fashion at Country Life and Browns, then in property, she at last came back to art…. Read More

‘The world is waking up to the idea of housing large sums of money in very beautiful paintings and that’s something that is a huge change for our market.’ In saying so, CEO Jonathan Green acutely picks out two trends… Read More

If you want to be among the tycoons and trillionaires picking up the best of Frieze London, Frieze Masters or Frieze New York first, you need VIP early access. While galleries can invite their top clients, McLean heads a team… Read More

Della Gherardesca is rightly suspicious of the advisers tipping the next big artist, saying it’s like horsebreeding: ‘You look at the bloodlines… and you buy a horse and you invest some money and maybe the horse never goes anywhere.’ Della… Read More

The youthful new deputy chairman joined in 2014 after a career on both sides of the commercial divide: he had worked at Sotheby’s then at blue-chip galleries including Gagosian and White Cube. Clients don’t see that divide, he says: ‘Collectors… Read More

Telephone number auction results may have all the attention, but Campbell has found a smart niche, advising younger collectors on work under £10,000. There’s great quality available, he says, ‘when you know where to look’, but little guidance in the… Read More

When he’s not thrilling Sunday-evening viewers of BBC One’s lost-masterpiece hunt Fake or Fortune?, Mould can be found in his new gallery on Pall Mall. These rooms, with their silvery wood floors and hessian wallpapers in 18th century hues chosen… Read More

A fine-art graduate, Gyorgy came to the advisory and fiduciary side through museums and galleries. By contrast, her team are art historians: ‘I can certainly suss out an oil painting over an acrylic so I think it’s a nice balance.’… Read More

A good art adviser, says Buckrell-Pos, is a delicate one: they must ‘strike a balance’ between their taste and that of the client. Even if they differ, ‘You just buy the best possible art for that person.’ That’s much easier,… Read More

Thomas Gibson is, simply, legendary. He engineered some of the great art sales of the last century, including a Caravaggio to the National Gallery and Pollock’s Lavender Mist to the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. ‘The fact that the… Read More

Raikhel-Bolot says HNWs need a healthy suspicion in choosing an art adviser: what is their motivation? Gallerists have stock to shift, auction houses want consignments, which is why she trumpets 1858’s ‘true independence and impartiality’: they work not for themselves… Read More