SELECTED CLIENTS
VARA Art brings vetted art market and art historical expertise to service our clients through our extensive network of qualified conservators, framers, shippers and warehouses. We work with both established and emerging collectors, including some of artnews top 100 collectors. We also have long standing relationships with noted insurance companies, venture capitalists and banks such as aig, axa, chubb, emigrant bank, amongst others.
ADVANTA SHARED SERVICES CORP.
VARA ART was retained by Alvarez & Marsal to serve as an art advisor to the U.S. bankruptcy court to oversee the liquidation of its corporate art collection. Under strict court deadlines, VARA Art procured and vetted third-party auctioneers to successfully dissolve their collection of 450 objects, negotiate fees, and maximize shareholders’ returns.
MARTIN HILTI FAMILY TRUST v. KNOEDLER GALLERY LLC.
As the legal consultant for Martin Hilti family Trust v. Knoedler Gallery LLC, VARA Art was retained by Pryor Cashman, LLC. to provide valuation consultation, provenance review, and art market research for a forged Rothko painting from the Martin Hilti Family Trust collection, which successfully settled.
MCARTHUR BINION ACQUISITIONS
VARA ART has facilitated acquisitions at distinguished international art fairs such as Art Basel Miami for valuable works on behalf of high-profile clients. Over several years, VARA Art sourced and acquired notable paintings by McArthur Binion before his critically acclaimed exhibition at the 57th Venice Biennale.
DNA STUDY: X, SOURCED FROM KAVI GUPTA GALLERY, CHICAGO
CORPORATE COLLECTION: PROUVÉ DOORS
VARA Art provided curatorial and collection management services to a NY/CA hedgefund, including the successful deaccession of a museum-quality Prouvé Doors, a signature piece in Jean Prouvé’s Oeuvre and design icon.
UBS PRIVATE COLLECTING SEMINAR (ISTANBUL)
Renée presented Building Collections: Alternative Assets to the art market and finance professionals at the W Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. As an art market and valuation expert, Renée discussed the basics of collecting and the confluence of the art market and art as an investment.
CURATORIAL & DESIGN STRATEGY: GREENWOOD DESIGNS & PRIVATE COLLECTION
VARA Art has provided integrated design services for noted private collections, such as Greenwood Designs & Private Collection. By pairing investment-grade artworks with unique design objects, we have transformed homes and distinguished collection spaces.
GREENWOOD DESIGN © PETER MARGONELLI
CONTRIBUTOR & EDITOR, AAA'S THE EXPERTS' GUIDE TO COLLECTING
Renée is an editor and contributor to the Appraisers Association of America’s Expert’s Guide to Collecting, a reputable and highly used resource by art valuation professionals and collectors.