«Treat your art collection as you would treat your other financial interests» - Maria de Peverelli, Head of Art Management at Stonehage Fleming

"Increasingly, collections represent a more significant portion of a collector’s total wealth. My team manages around $2.5 of art at the moment. It’s understandable then that many of our clients and other owners of important collections increasingly employ risk management strategies similar to those used for investment management," she told guests at a Stonehage Fleming webinar discussing Latin American Art in the Global Arena, ahead of Art Basel Miami, taking place from December 6-8th 2024.

Stonehage Fleming Art Management’s clients are mainly international families requiring support with the management of their art collections. In line with its family office model, the team approaches collection management in a very "holistic" way. "We don’t focus solely on the transaction – meaning the acquisition of a specific artwork. Rather we concentrate on the lifecycle, both of an artwork and its place in a collection."