Should you contact any of the businesses below, do make sure to mention AWAD, the Association of Women Art Dealers, as that may make you eligible for special terms.
Top Left Design – Website & Graphic Design
Top Left Design provides top quality websites, email newsletters and blogs for a wide range of clients – including AWAD! It’s their mission to “clean up the internet” and help people continue to “improve their presence online”
CV Freight – Logistics, Shipping, Import & Export and Warehousing
CV Freight’s specialty is that of Traditional Freight Forwarding – Air, Sea and Road – Export and Import linked to modern bespoke computer software systems to provide a tailored service to a demanding client base that includes shipping, importing and exporting of works of art.
Click here to read more about CV Freight and their services.
POP – Perfectly Organised Parties
Perfectly Organised Parties was started in order to provide clients with intimate, specialist and affordable event planning services. At POP we do not charge mark-up fees or unnecessary service charges, are clients simply pay an pre-agreed one off management fee for which all elements of their event will be perfectly planned. Click here for a full profile.
Click here to read more about POP and their Perfectly Organised Parties.
Indian Summer – Interim FD
Michelle Cook is a Chartered Management Accountant who works as a Finance Director across a range of creative and/or independent companies which need to unburden themselves of trying to run the financial side of their business but aren’t yet ready for an FD on a full-time basis. She oversees all commercial issues, produces management information and drives commercial awareness. Michelle is an expert in developing strategies which maximise her clients’ Working Capital.
Click here to read more about Michelle Cook & Indian Summer Accountancy.
Baydonhill FX
Baydonhill FX are Currency Exchange Brokers that provide a personalised Service for Corporate & Private Clients alike. We give full access to all international money transfers at commercial rates of exchange & regularly save clients up to 4% when compared with high street banks. Our client base use our currency exchange service for a range of purposes including the sale or purchase of overseas assets, repatriation of funds & regular overseas invoice payments. As a currency exchange broker we continue to help tens of thousands of clients, send billions of pounds of foreign currency to all corners of the globe.
For more information on our services visit our site Baydonhill FX
Wine Chap
Wine Chap is a unique resource that ofers online wine list reviews, tastings and events as well as a concierge service for eno-tourism and wine portfolio consultancy. An inaugural event at what is now the Modern Masters gallery on Cork Street, where displaying artists and visiting winemakers alternately presented their works, established a pattern. WineChap is delighted to have collaborated over the years with a number of galleries, dealers, artists and designers including Mumford Fine Art, David Linley, The HayHill Gallery, Sokol Fine Art, Trufe, GrandyArt, Tim Flach and Fiumano Fine Art supplying fine wines tailored for specifc launches but also creating bespoke multi-sensory events. To read more about Tom Harrow, founder of WineChap, click here
Love Art Insurance
Love Art Insurance the dedicated insurance site for art lovers from Brownhill Insurance Group. As art lovers and collectors ourselves we understand the importance of protecting artwork, whether as an artist, gallery or collector and have products that reflect this.
Take a look at our website for more information.
Westbury Accountants and Business Advisors
Westbury provides accounting and tax services to Artists and Galleries. Westbury is proud to count amongst its clients some leading artists and art galleries. The type of expenses that can be claimed and the way in which profits can be shared, together with VAT and other tax issues means that those in the art world need specialist advice.
Take a look at our art blog or on our website for more information.
Muse – PR
Muse is a strategic communications consultancy for the art market and luxury consumer brands.
Our aim is to create a distinct and memorable position that means you stand out from the competition. Every organization is different, as is every campaign and we like to be as creative and practical in our solutions as you are in your business.
Take a look at our website for more information.
Swan Turton – Solicitors
Nicholas Sharp is a solicitor at Swan Turton LLP, media solicitors, who have a specialist Photography and Visual Arts section which offers legal advice and support to galleries, dealers, trade associations and individual artists. They provide advice on copyright, moral rights and other intellectual property rights issues, and on the specialised contracts required for exhibitions, commissions, licensing, residencies, funding and agency and dealer relationships etc.
Take a look at our website for more information.
Digital Dragonfly – IT / Technology Consultancy
Digital Dragonfly is a technology consultancy that works exclusively with solo-entrepreneurs. Talk to us about how to make the most of the available technology to run your business more efficiently and professionally- saving you stress, time and money. Services include email/calendar/contact syncing, buying advice, backup solutions, mobile working etc. Mac and PC.
Take a look at our website for more information.
For more than forty years Sotheby’s Institute of Art has been preparing students for careers in the international art world currently offering six Master’s degree programmes as well as a range of Semester courses, Short Courses, Executive Education and Online courses. Students get a rare inside look at the business of art while exploring both the scholarly and practical sides of the art world, including the skills and professional connections necessary for successful entry into many art professions. If you require staff, our Career Services can help you to reach out to relevant students and alumni at all levels. Click here for more detailed information.
Take a look at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art website or contact Dr. Christina Bradstreet, Director of Career Services for more information.
artnet.com offers a price database that enables users to research the price of fine art, decorative art, and design with sales results from all international auction houses. Artnet Auctions allows collectors as well as dealers to buy and sell modern and contemporary art, fine prints, design, and photographs. In addition, the ‘Artists A–Z’ directory is comprised of over 225,000 artists and is a powerful research tool for the whole art world.
For more information and how to subscribe to artnet.com click here or contact Simon Todd
