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For

Art Collectors

WE BUILD ART COLLECTIONS THAT TELL YOUR STORY.

An art collection is deeply personal, and a thoughtful collection will reflect the spirit of the collector. It may be intensely intellectual. Or impossibly chic. Or remarkably savvy. Or all of the above. You may wish for your collection to convey where you come from or project where you are going. Simply put, your art collection is a reflection of your brand.

 

As we build or refine an art collection, we work closely with our clients to discern their collecting objectives, as well as their aesthetic and intellectual preferences. We then align these preferences to broader themes in the art market to develop a collection that is art historically coherent (without being dogmatically governed). We source artwork globally and have extensive relationships with primary and secondary galleries, independent dealers, auction house experts, and private collectors from New York to Hong Kong to Berlin to Delhi.

 

We genuinely enjoy the process of helping both seasoned and new collectors broaden and deepen their engagement with the world of art. Our goal is to enhance a collector’s arts + culture experience, provide seamless and transparent service, and maximize the value of our client’s financial and time investment.

 

COLLECTORS

For

Art Consignors

WE OVERSEE COMPLEX ART DIVESTMENTS— IT’S OUR SPECIALTY.

We work closely with fiduciaries, corporations, and private collectors to maximize the sale of complex art assets, from providing independent guidance during the evaluation and negotiation process to providing end-to-end consignment management.

 

With 15 years of experience at the highest levels of the art market, we have unparalleled professional expertise with each critical function in the divestment value chain, including:

  • understanding the market demand for a collection

  • assessing risks/rewards of a public versus private sale

  • discerning the best venue, timing, and specialist team

  • creating a bespoke identity for a collection sale

  • developing global marketing campaigns

  • distilling fact from fluff in competing proposals, and identifying which levers will be material to success

  • strategically negotiating financial terms to align interests for a pareto-optimized outcome

  • determining the value (and cost) of financial guarantees and irrevocable bids

  • managing MAC clauses to protect a sale from adverse macro conditions

  • leveraging and activating a global salesforce

  • securing the strongest operations team for seamless logistic and administrative support

CONSIGNORS

For

Cultural Organizations

WE ADVISE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS ON STRATEGY.

The business of culture is evolving at a faster pace than ever, and we work closely with organizations navigating pivotal moments in their lifecycles. A visionary founder-led organization may require support with long-term succession planning to build out the organizational capacity needed to ensure it survives and thrives beyond an extraordinary founder. A growth-phase organization hitting its stride may wish to broaden to new audiences, tap into new revenue streams and/or develop its board. A mature organization with a storied history may need to refresh its positioning and better leverage its brand after experiencing waning interest from audiences or funders.

 

With extensive experience in the non-profit and for-profit cultural landscape, we provide the strategic expertise, external perspective and activation energy needed to help cultural CEOs and their executive teams with innovation and institution building. Furthermore, at NAC we pride ourselves on providing strategy and solutions that are grounded in the realities of an organization's resources and executional capabilities.

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CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS
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