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Company

Gurr Johns

Position

Director

Index

Art Advisers

Lifestyle & Passion Investments

Location

London

Advice type

Art

Art acquisitions

Asset Class

Collectibles

Sector Focus

Art Products

Geographical focus

Greater London

Beirut

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates

Diane Abela

Spear’s Review

Diane Abela is the Middle East director for international art advisory agency Gurr Johns.

She works with individual investors, family offices and galleries on acquisitions, strategy, authentication and market advice. ‘My clients are mostly in Saudi, UAE, Qatar and Beirut,’ she told Spear’s. ‘My role is really to build collections. I work with acquisitions but also sales on behalf of clients, museums as well as private collectors. I’m privileged to work with some of the most amazing objects, from paintings to dinosaurs.

‘When collectors start spending significant sums of money, they want to be sure they are not overpaying, that the work is in good condition and they’re buying the right thing, and that’s where I can really help. Art has become an asset class, but I always tell clients it’s not a liquid asset.’

Rank: Recommended

Recommended 2024, Art Advisers

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