Collectors’ services
Collection strategy
We devise collection strategies to meet your aesthetic, investment and tax requirements.
Working with you, your interior designer or your architect, we define your needs, recommend works to divest and those to retain, and offer a visual long list of new acquisitions.
Our primary focus is on contemporary art, photography and design, and we maintain close relationships with experts in modern art, classics and antiquities.
Art buying tours
city | art insider provides collecting clients efficient access to art works at the best Parisian galleries, auctions, art fairs on buying visits.
Atelier visits
If you are decided on buying works from a specific artist, we can sometime take you directly to meet them in their studios, or ateliers, with sufficient advance notice (and always with the help of the eventuel representing galleries).
Market data
When crafting a shortlist, we provide, where available, all relevant market data including transaction histories, reviews and future performance opinions. This frees you to enjoy making rewarding and well-researched art acquisitions.
Acquisition management
We can manage the details subsequent to your purchase(s), following up with vendors to ensure safe transportation, and where available, installation in your office or home collection.
Be assured that we work exclusively in your interest. While we enjoy the confidence of artists and galleries, we only represent buyers.
What our clients are collecting
Here is a selection among the pieces bought by our collectors. Paintings, drawings, photos or lithographs, they found their place on private and corporate walls, with much pride and pleasure!
“We were new to art buying in Paris and Caroline made the experience much less intimidating. Her extensive knowledge of the art community meant that she could put together a portfolio of potential artists that really suited our tastes. It was obvious that the galleries knew and respected her. As a result, those who met us were welcoming and attentive.
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“It was amazing to get an expert critique at the fair, as well as the history and background of each artist. I enjoyed meeting the artists and hearing how they conceived and executed their pieces — being introduced to ideas and conversations I wouldn’t have had access to without city | art insider.”