Art market, NPAP offers experience and vision to cope with change

What happens when five leading figures from the art world come together to form a new consultancy entity? The recently established company called New Perspectives Art Partners (NPAP) has the ambitious goal of redefining the way art market expertise is delivered at the highest level. An ambitious but not unattainable goal considering the experience the five partners have gained. Joining forces in the new entity are art market veterans Ed Dolman, Alex Dolman, Brett Gorvy, Philip Hoffman and Patti Wong. Unlike traditional models, NPAP will not operate as a fixed corporate structure: the partners will maintain their own independent activities and will only take action when high-level strategic issues need to be addressed.

The decision to launch NPAP comes at a crucial time for the sector. In fact, the art market is going through a period of transformation: the traditional auction model is showing signs of crisis, third-party guarantees are multiplying, margins are shrinking and regional fragmentation is increasing. The large auction houses, once dominated by the logic of spectacle and surprise, now find themselves having to manage increasing operational and strategic complexity.
It is in this context that NPAP intends to fit in, offering authoritative and discreet guidance. The founders emphasise that the strength of the project lies as much in the flexible structure as in the solidity of the relationships between the partners, built over decades of career at the top of the market. No aggressive branding or hierarchical structures, say the partners. Advice will be based on relevance, confidentiality and the ability to respond directly to the most current needs of collectors and institutions.
The company aims to offer tailor-made advice to collectors, trustees and family offices, providing support in the management, growth or reallocation of major art collections. The added value lies in the combination of highly specialised expertise - from auction houses to galleries, from cultural institutions to private consultancy - and a geographical presence ranging from Hong Kong to Doha. NPAP thus presents itself as a targeted and conscious response to a changing market, ready to offer strategic vision and added value in an increasingly competitive context.

Before becoming CEO of Phillips, Edward Dolman spent years in Doha leading the Qatar Museums Authority, managing the development of Qatar's cultural sector programme. Prior to his time in the Middle East, Edward Dolman spent 27 years at Christie's, including 11 years as chief executive of the auction house. His son Alex is an art market expert with extensive knowledge of 20th century and contemporary art. Patti Wong co-founded Patti Wong & Associates in 2023, together with Daryl Wickstrom and in just two years they have handled over $1 billion in transactions on behalf of their clients, cementing the firm's position as a leading art advisor in the Asian market. Brett Gorvy co-founded Lévy Gorvy Gallery in 2017 and subsequently Lévy Gorvy Dayan in 2023. Former president and international head of post-war and contemporary art at Christie's for more than two decades, Brett Gorvy is a leading authority and market maker in the field of international art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Last but not least Philip Hoffman founder and chairman of The Fine Art Group, founded in 2001 as the first company to successfully launch a series of eight art investment funds.