Above all, a collector must feel that they are working with a curator who is scrupulously honest and trustworthy. This is the bedrock foundation of any business relationship. All aspects of Levin AG business dealings, including the offering of artwork, invoicing, and any monetary transactions our firm handles are thoroughly transparent to the collector at all times. In addition, any personal client information is permanently held in the absolute strictest confidence.
A collector should not work with an advisor who is sourcing the same type and/or quality of artworks for other clients. If an advisor is offered one iconic work by a significant artist, how do you know that you, and not another collector working with that same advisor, will be offered this important artwork first? To minimize any potential conflicts of interest, our firm collaborates with a very small number of select collectors. In addition, our firm neither owns any artwork as inventory, nor acts as a representative for any artist or gallery.
Much has been made recently of the social whirlwind surrounding art fairs such as Miami Basel and Frieze. As the global art market now lacks a clearly identifiable center, art fairs allow a collector to go to one location, meet hundreds of international gallerists, and obtain a broad overview of the artists they represent. The discrete discussions our firm has with gallerists in advance of each art fair about what they are bringing offers valuable insider information, and this type of sophisticated access results in a collector being offered the most desirable artworks.
Should a collector desire higher visibility in press and media outlets for their art world activities and/or collection, however, this can be carefully orchestrated and controlled. Collections curated by Levin AG have been chosen as amongst the top 200 collections in the world by Art News magazine for the past six years in a row, as well as named one of the 100 most powerful in the world by ArtReview magazine in 2008. We have lectured about our collecting methodology and art as an asset class at over 75 art fairs, museums, and universities. In addition, our opinions on art and the art market are constantly sought and quoted in numerous press venues such as Art + Auction, BBC Radio, Bloomberg, Business Week, Economic Times, Financial Times, New York Magazine, New York Times, Portfolio Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal.
A collector should not work with an advisor who is sourcing the same type and/or quality of artworks for other clients. If an advisor is offered one iconic work by a significant artist, how do you know that you, and not another collector working with that same advisor, will be offered this important artwork first? To minimize any potential conflicts of interest, our firm collaborates with a very small number of select collectors. In addition, our firm neither owns any artwork as inventory, nor acts as a representative for any artist or gallery.
Much has been made recently of the social whirlwind surrounding art fairs such as Miami Basel and Frieze. As the global art market now lacks a clearly identifiable center, art fairs allow a collector to go to one location, meet hundreds of international gallerists, and obtain a broad overview of the artists they represent. The discrete discussions our firm has with gallerists in advance of each art fair about what they are bringing offers valuable insider information, and this type of sophisticated access results in a collector being offered the most desirable artworks.
Should a collector desire higher visibility in press and media outlets for their art world activities and/or collection, however, this can be carefully orchestrated and controlled. Collections curated by Levin AG have been chosen as amongst the top 200 collections in the world by Art News magazine for the past six years in a row, as well as named one of the 100 most powerful in the world by ArtReview magazine in 2008. We have lectured about our collecting methodology and art as an asset class at over 75 art fairs, museums, and universities. In addition, our opinions on art and the art market are constantly sought and quoted in numerous press venues such as Art + Auction, BBC Radio, Bloomberg, Business Week, Economic Times, Financial Times, New York Magazine, New York Times, Portfolio Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal.
