OUR SERVICES

Much like artworks, no two collectors are exactly alike: each brings their own interests, aesthetics, budgets, timelines, and goals to the practice. Whether building your first collection, expanding an existing one, acquiring works for a home, office, or public space, ABXY tailors advisory services accordingly.

From defining priorities and assessing opportunities to managing the many practical considerations that accompany collecting, founder Allison Barker provides the structure, perspective, and support that make the process both approachable and rewarding.

    • Consultation on collection objectives

    • Development of acquisition strategies

    • Identification, evaluation, and sourcing of acquisition opportunities

    • Research and analysis of artists' primary and secondary markets, exhibition histories, institutional support, and critical reception

    • Auction recommendations and related research, due diligence, condition vetting, bidding strategy, registration and bid execution where applicable

    • Personalized guidance at gallery and museum exhibitions, artists’ studios, international art fairs, auction previews, and related events

    • Coordination of dedicated appointments with gallery directors, including private viewings of works not on public display and works selected exclusively for clients’ consideration

    • Bespoke travel itineraries curated exclusively for clients in international art capitals

    • Access to highly sought after artworks from the world’s leading galleries, dealers and auction houses

    • Negotiation of sale terms

    • Coordination of post-sale logistics, including:

      • Domestic and international shipping and insurance

      • Framing

      • Professional installation

      • Storage

    • Digital cataloguing and collection management

    • Documentation of provenance and exhibition history

    • Ongoing market monitoring for artists within clients' collections

    • Identification of exhibition, loan, sale, and donation opportunities, and assistance with related logistics

    • Counsel on conservation and long-term care of artworks

    • Development of dedicated art library

 

Hugo McCloud, Private Residence, Atlanta, GA