Company
Position
Founder
Chair
Index
Art Advisers
Location
London
Advice type
Art finance
Investment
Sales
Valuation
Asset Class
Collectibles
Client type
Family offices
HNW
International UHNWs
UHNW
Sector Focus
Art Products
Philip Hoffman
Spear’s Review
Philip Hoffman launched The Fine Art Group in 2001 after 12 years at Christie’s – where he became CFO at the age of 27. Noting the need for investment-focused approaches to the art market, the firm was the first company to launch a successful $25 million ‘art hedge fund’, which later morphed into seven successive funds.
‘We are the merchant bank of the art world,’ Hoffman says. The company has now expanded to offer a broad spectrum of services for the art and collectible markets, including art investment, financing, advisory, sales and appraisals. With over a billion dollars passing through its books, it aims to provide its clients advice, liquidity and profits.
In 2025, Hoffman joined forces with other leading art advisers to provide a global white-glove service called New Perspectives Art Partners.
Rank: Top Recommended

Top Recommended 2025, Art Advisers