The art industry comprises an incredibly diverse tapestry of experts in all sorts of professions. The ARTnews Top Art World Professionals list (alphabetical and not ranked) focuses on the leaders in 12 categories within United States, the largest single national market for art.
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Advisers and Advisory Firms
Advisers maintain extensive Rolodexes that may provide access to highly desirable works; they offer clients a plethora of services in building and managing art collections, including estate planning, appraisal, and ongoing oversight.
- Agopian Art Advisory, New York
- Art-Bureau, New York, Hong Kong, and London
- Art Intelligence Global, New York and Hong Kong
- ArtMatic Advisory, New York
- Artsource Consulting, New York
- AWG Art Advisory, New York
- Victoria Burns Art Advisory, New York and Los Angeles
- Cayre Art Group, New York
- Colman Art Advisory, New York
- Cromwell Art, New York
- Curatorial Services, New York
- Darrow Contemporary, Los Angeles
- Ralph DeLuca Art Advisory, New York
- EAB Fine Art Services, New York
- Andrea Feldman Falcione, Los Angeles
- Fine Art Concepts, New York
- Elizabeth Fiore Art Advisory, New York
- Front Desk Apparatus, New York
- Gagosian Art Advisory, New York
- Patti Gilford Fine Arts, Chicago
- Goodman Taft, New York
- Gould Art Advisory, Florida
- Adam Green Art Advisory, Dallas
- Hazen Art Advisory, New York, Paris, and Chicago
- Kim Heirston Art Advisory, New York
- Sandy Heller, New York
- Megan Fox Kelly Art Advisory, New York
- Lester Fine Art, Chicago
- Levin Art Group, New York
- LK Art Consultants, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago
- LSS Art Advisory, San Francisco
- Mireille Mosler, New York,
- Ouyang Art Consultancy, Los Angeles and Shanghai
- Palmieri Fine Art, New York
- Esthella Provas & Associates, Beverly Hills, California
- Ruth | Catone | Goulding, New York
- Samuels Creative & Co., New York
- Schwartzman&, New York
- Chrissie Shearman Art Advisory, New York
- Sokoloff + Associates, New York
- Irina Stark, Los Angeles
- SZ Advisory, Los Angeles and Luxembourg
- Elizabeth Szancer, New York
- Tanja Weingärtner, New York
- Zlot Buell + Associates, San Francisco
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All-in-One Logistics
These companies can serve as a single point of contact for shipping, storage, and handling needs.
- Atelier 4
- Atthowe Fine Art Services
- Crozier
- Dietl International Services
- Mana Fine Arts
- SRI Fine Art Services
- UOVO
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Banking
Banks are essential in helping develop art collections. Traditional borrowing can be cumbersome, but some institutions will lend to collectors solely on the value of their art holdings.
- Athena Art Finance
- Bank of America
- Citi
- East West Bank
- Emigrant Bank Fine Art
- JP Morgan Chase
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Conservators
Conservators may repair damage, but their job is ultimately to understand an artwork: how it was made, the materials that constitute it, and how to preserve it.
- ACdR Art Conservation de Rigueur, San Francisco
- Amann + Estabrook, New York
- ArtCare Conservation, New York
- The Better Image, New Jersey,
- New York, and California
- The Conservation Center, Chicago
- Corey d’Augustine, New York
- Fine Art Conservation Group, New York
- Modern Art Conservation, New York
- New York Art Conservation
- Paper Conservation Studio, New York
- Preservation Arts, Oakland, California
- Gloria Velandia Ludmer, New York
- Whitten & Proctor, Houston
- Wilson Conservation, New York
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Fabricators
Artists rely on them to execute ideas in any number of mediums. For collectors, they may help realize a major commission or provide assistance in restoring or displaying a work.
- Let There Be Neon, New York
- Lippincott’s, Connecticut
- Lite Brite Neon, Brooklyn and Kingston, New York
- Milgo/Bufkin, New York
- Modern Art Foundry, New York
- Powerhouse Arts, New York
- Prototype, New York
- Standard Sculpture, Hudson, New York
- UAP, Los Angeles; New York and Hudson Valley, New York
- Walla Walla Foundry, Walla Walla, Washington
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Framers
It might be easy to overlook a frame when it’s subtle, but the right frame can have tremendous impact on an artwork’s presentation.
- 24 FPS, Dallas
- APF-Munn Master Frame
- Makers, New York
- Bark Frameworks, New York
- Baobab Frames & Art Services, New York
- Downing, New York
- Drummond Framing, New York
- East Frames, New York
- Lowy, New York
- Minagawa Art Lines, New York
- Professional Fine Art Services (PFAS Inc.), Los Angeles
- PSG Framing, Boston
- Robinson and Reeves, Miami
- Small Works, San Francisco
- Sterling Art Services, Oakland, California
- Debra Stevens, Dallas
- Vineyard Frame Designs, Dallas
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Freeport Locations
Collectors who want to keep their treasures away from regulators’ invasive eyes often turn to freeports.
- Bayshore, Delaware
- Delaware Freeport
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Insurance Carriers and Brokerages
Art insurance is an everyday matter for those with valuable collections they must protect against mishaps large and small, including weather-related disasters resulting from climate change, theft, loss, and damage. (For the 2025 Top 200 Collectors issue, ARTnews spoke to insurance experts on lessons learned from the Los Angeles wildfires.)
- AXA XL
- Huntington T. Block
- Chubb
- Driesassur
- Gallagher
- HUB International
- Lloyd’s
- Markel International
- Private Client Select
- Risk Strategies
- Treadwell
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Lawyers
Art lawyers can fix messes when they happen, but the best ones minimize the risk of their ever developing. Many large law firms have their own art law divisions, reflecting the importance of these highly skilled professionals.
- Jo Backer Laird (at Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler)
- David R. Baum
- John Cahill (of ARTxLAW)
- Gregory A. Clarick (of Clarick, Gueron, Reisbaum)
- Danziger, Danziger & Muro
- Judd Grossman
- Wendy J. Lindstrom (of Mazzola Lindstrom)
- Frank K. Lord IV
- Daniel McClean (at Cypress LLP)
- Luke Nikas (of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan)
- Kaye Spiegler
- Thaddeus J. Stauber (at Nixon Peabody)
- Silberman Zaretsky
- Christine Steiner
- Stout, Thomas & Johnson
- Diana Wierbicki (at Withersworldwide)
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Photographers/Videographers
No gallery could operate without photographers and videographers.
- Thomas R. DuBrock
- Tom Powel Imaging
- Fredrik Nilsen Studio
- SandenWolff
- Michael Tropea
- Joshua White
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Shipping
Shipping companies help customers manage matters like taxes, security, customs and duties, and import and export regulations as artworks move internationally among the burgeoning number of museums and events.
- ANR Transport Fine Art Services
- Cooke’s Crating and Fine Art Transportation
- Maquette Fine Art Services
- Masterpiece International
- Welpak
- U.S.Art
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Storage
Top museums and collectors often display only a fraction of their holdings. The rest has to go somewhere, and that’s where secure climate-controlled storage comes in.
- Artemis
- The Box Company
- Cooke’s Crating and Fine Art Transportation
- Icon Fine Arts Services
- Minnesota Street Project Art Services
A version of this article appears in the 2025 edition of the annual Top 200 Collectors issue. This list was originally published in 2023 and updated in 2024.
