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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

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