The Art Newspaper covers the launch of Patti Wong & Associates and its partnership with The Fine Art Group.

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Morgan Long, Managing Director of The Fine Art Group, spoke with Barron’s about shifting trends in the art market and the possible advantages of collecting the work of established artists that may currently not be in fashion.

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The Fine Art Group is pleased to announce Kate Waterhouse as their new Senior Specialist, Director of Fine Jewelry. She will oversee Jewelry Appraisals and assist clients in growing and curating their jewelry collections in moments of accession and deaccession.

Kate Waterhouse will represent The Fine Art Group from Palm Beach, Florida, where she has lived and worked since 2015. She is active in Palm Beach’s local fine and performing arts communities, serving on the Norton Museum of Art’s Emerging Collectors Council, the Dreyfoos School of the Arts Foundation Luncheon Committee, as well as being a former chairwoman of the Palm Beach Symphony Young Friends Gala.

Kate is a member of the American Society of Jewelry Historians and has been a featured appraiser in the television program Antiques Roadshow and a jewelry and collectibles expert on NBC’s Today Show.

Kate is a welcome addition to The Fine Art Group’s staff and its mission to guide clients through all collector markets and our five core services:

Advisory, Art Finance, Sales Agency, Investment & Appraisals

Founded over 20 years ago, The Fine Art Group has established an unrivaled track record across the art ecosystem. From first acquisitions and building collections, through to appraisals and art financing, we offer clients an experienced and skillful hand – helping to navigate the opacities of the market.

Kate Waterhouse has continuously worked in the luxury industry for over 18 years, graduating with a BA from Elizabethtown College; she attended the Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London where she worked toward her Master’s in Art Business putting her focus in auction house management, marketing and operation. Kate has been featured as a Specialist team member on the PBS Antiques Roadshow, as well as the NBC Today Show.

In 2006, beginning in Philadelphia at Freeman’s, Mrs. Waterhouse oversaw the Fine Jewelry department as Vice-President, Head of Department before her tenure as Director of Jewelry, New York for Heritage and landing finally at Sotheby’s, as an Assistant Vice-President, Specialist in the Magnificent Jewels department, moving to their Palm Beach office in 2015.

In 2018, Ms. Waterhouse moved to Hindman Auctioneers, to oversee the Southeast region as Vice President of Business Development, including the management of two full time auction rooms, producing as many as twelve auctions per year while also sourcing property for other Hindman sales rooms across the country. 

Most recently, Ms. Waterhouse joined The Fine Art Group, and currently serves as their Senior Specialist, Director of Fine Jewelry overseeing both Jewelry appraisals as well as assisting clients to navigate, grow and curate their own collections in moments of accession and deaccession.

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Finimize Community Conversations: Why Art Could Be The Investment Your Portfolio Is Missing
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Watch our Founder and CEO Philip Hoffman speak with Finimize about how you can invest in fine art during an era of double-digit inflation.

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Philip Hoffman, Founder and CEO of The Fine Art Group, spoke with Bloomberg about the rising demand for fine art by the wealthy in relation to recent decisions by private financial institutions in Australia and New Zealand to sell company art collections.

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Henry Little Presents to TheMerode

TheMerode is hosting a special evening September 19th, where they’ll survey recent auction results and forthcoming sales to spotlight key trends in the art market, as well as discussing important developments in the gallery scene and reviewing the year’s art fairs. 

Auctions, galleries and art fairs have been humming with business in 2022. Will that continue in the face of widespread economic uncertainty? And what will the coming year in the global art market bring? Will Paris take London’s crown in Europe? Will overheated market segments cool? And what can we expect in the major autumn auctions? 

Hubert d’Ursel, Director Benelux, has the pleasure to introduce industry expert Henry Little, Director of Art Advisory, who will offer his predications for the months to come, giving guests of TheMerode a chance to be up to date and ahead of the curve for the new market season.

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Morgan Long, Managing Director of The Fine Art Group, spoke with Barron’s about Christie’s sale of the Paul Allen Collection, what masterpieces she hopes to see for sale in November, and what this might mean about the health of the upcoming auction season.

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To celebrate our alliance with Schwartzman& and the opening of our new offices in New York City as well as a kick off of the Spring 2022 auction season, our Executive and Advisory Teams hosted a special cocktail evening.

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Our CEO & Founder spoke with The New York Times journalist Robin Pogrebin after the land mark auction, where rare Andy Warhol silk-screen Shot Sage Blue Marilyn was sold for a record breaking $195 million. Although Marilyn fetched an outstanding price, is it against the trend of a disappointing sale?

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The Fine Art Group is pleased to announce Digital Asset Specialist and Advisor Greg Adams is now overseeing our expansion into the Web3 and NFT art market space.

Over the last year, we have watched as a new generation of art exploded in front of our eyes in the form of digital art and NFTs. We expect this new medium to alter the landscape of the art world while being an important source of growth and opportunity for many of the market players. To continue to provide best-in-class service, our clients expect us to provide coverage of this growing industry. After much due diligence, The Fine Art Group may gradually incorporate NFTs into all of the services we currently offer:

Advisory, Art Finance, Sales Agency, Investment & Appraisals

Founded over 20 years ago, The Fine Art Group has established an unrivaled track record across the art ecosystem. From first acquisitions and building collections, through to appraisals and art financing, we offer clients an experienced and skillful hand – helping to navigate the opacities of the market.

Greg Adams is a Digital Asset Specialist and Advisor for The Fine Art Group. Prior to working in the art industry, he worked as a leader in the fintech sector for over a decade while building his portfolio of cryptocurrencies. Greg holds a B.S. in Business marketing and management from The Pennsylvania State University. He is an active member of the NFT community and will be taking The Fine Art Group into the Web3 world. 

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