Company
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

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