Art Consulting
Art Consulting
Art advisory from avant.dev in Mexico City. We help collectors discover, acquire and build collections of original contemporary art.
how we advise
Buying art well is a practice, not a transaction. We work on the collector’s side, from a gallery that sells to three continents, and we handle the three moments where most collections go wrong:
1Discover
A selection made for you from our roster and beyond, with published prices; studio visits in Mexico City or video calls with the works on the wall, wherever you are.
2Acquire
Negotiation, condition report, certificate, invoice, insured delivery and the taxes of your country shown before you pay. Nothing arrives that was not agreed in writing.
3Build
A thread, a rhythm and a record: the collection plan, its documentation, its insurance, and the loans, resales and succession decided early.
Not sure where to start? Begin with a free 30-minute video call.
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Guides for collectors
What we tell collectors in the studio, written down: how to start, how to build, what a price includes, how a work travels, what the law asks, how the market works by region. New guides every Tuesday and Friday.
Art Consulting
Shipping, storing and insuring art: what a collector should demand
How a work should travel (packing, carrier, declared value, insurance), what it costs to import into the main markets, and how to store and insure it once it is yours.
Art Consulting
Displaying art in your home: height, light, walls and the mistakes that damage works
Where a work hangs decides how long it lives. Eye height, the 60-centimetre rule over furniture, UV glass, the walls to avoid and how to hang a group without a designer.
Art Consulting
AML 101 for art buyers: why a gallery asks for your ID, and the thresholds by country
Anti-money-laundering rules reach the art market in Mexico, the EU and the UK, and not (yet) in the US. What KYC means when you buy a work, the thresholds per country, and what a gallery may never ask.
Art Consulting
Investing in emerging artists: the signals that matter and the ones that do not
Emerging artists are where collections and fortunes begin, and where most money is lost. The five signals we read before we represent someone, and what to ignore.
Art Consulting
The art market by region: Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, the EU and Asia-Pacific
Five regions, five ways of buying art. Where the fairs are, what a work costs to bring home, who asks for your ID, and where a collector in 2026 finds value.
Art Consulting
Understand the art market: primary, secondary and where prices come from
The art market is two markets with different rules. How primary and secondary prices are set, what galleries, fairs and auctions each do, and how to read a price.
Art Consulting
How to search for affordable art without buying badly
Affordable does not mean cheap. Where original art under USD 2,000 really is: works on paper, editions, emerging artists, studio sales and the fairs’ side rooms.
Art Consulting
How to build an art collection that means something
A collection is a point of view held over time. How to choose a thread, set a rhythm of acquisitions, document every work and know when to say no.
Art Consulting
What is an art certificate, and what should yours say?
A certificate of authenticity is the document that follows a work for life. What it must contain, who signs it, and the six things a weak one leaves out.
Art Consulting
How to start buying art: a collector’s first five decisions
Buying your first work of art is five decisions, not a leap of faith: budget, medium, where to look, what to ask and how it arrives. A gallery’s guide.
first conversation
Book a consultation
Thirty minutes by video with the gallery to understand what you want to live with, your range, and how we could help. Choose a time; we confirm within one working day.
- What you are looking for, your rooms and your range
- Works that fit, from our roster and beyond, with prices
- How acquisition, delivery, taxes and the certificate work for your country
Video call on Jitsi, no account needed. The confirmation and calendar invitation arrive by email. Free, and without obligation.
- 01 · Day and time
- 02 · Your project
- 03 · Request sent
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