Services

Since 2020 Bessard Art Advisory has dedicated itself to visual arts exploration, building on a 25-year passion for fascinating pictures and artefacts. It attends major exhibitions and art fairs, reviews leading art analytics and literature, and continually enhances a portfolio of select art makers represented by curating galleries. Expertise encompasses art history, current production, and the art market.

Bessard Art Advisory specializes in ultra-contemporary diversity-related aesthetics and narratives. It favors works made by recognized young emerging as well as established living artists mostly based or presented in Paris, London, Berlin, Geneva, Basel, Brussels, Madrid, Turin, Milan, Monaco, and southeastern France.

Bessard Art Advisory caters to shared passion for significance, beauty, talent, courage, and thought-provoking humor in art. Operating from the iconic heart of the French Riviera, it advises in English, French, and German.

Services include:

  • Guidance on collection building and expansion
  • On-site advisory
  • Referrals of artists and artworks
  • Art fair and exhibition guidance
  • Topical guidance in contemporary art and art history

Frequently asked questions

Bessard Art Advisory selects artists according to the creative strength of their propositions and aesthetics. Artists are established, or recognized, that is, they have a proven primary market and their production has been curated: This track-record serves as a second opinion and a quality benchmark.

Bessard Art Advisory acts as a facilitator for the benefit of amateurs and collectors. It is committed to transparency, confidentiality, and impartiality. In particular, it does not deal in artworks.

Works by recommended artists on the primary market typically cost between 6,000 and 12,000 euros, in a possible range of between 2,000 and 50,000 euros depending on the size and complexity of the work or the artist’s reputation, or up to 400,000 euros or more depending on the artist’s value on the secondary market.

On the basis of an initial project or intent description, the in-depth conversation clarifying objectives, taste, and budget prerogatives is complimentary. When advisory services are contracted, a retainer fee applies for research and a tailored proposal. When transactions are completed, a standard fee applies.

Bessard Art Advisory facilitates decisions, reduces transactional risk, and saves time and resources by making available expert knowledge of artists and artworks drawn from multiple trusted sources in the art market.

Bessard Art Advisory guides choices on the basis of contents and aesthetics. While the value of recommended artworks may potentially evolve due to their intrinsic quality and appeal, time lapses may be needed to expound prices.

Artworks should be hung away from direct sunlight and excessive heat and humidity, and protected in accordance with the surface material: Paintings on papers should be covered with glass, while canvases need to remain uncovered. Gloves should be worn in handling to prevent fingerprints. Dusting should be done with a soft brush.

An artwork can be stored in cotton sheets or foam covers with corner protections. Glass or plastic should be avoided, as they might accumulate moisture.