Art World Rainmakers Team Up to Form New Consultancy
135June 28, 2025
Five artmarketveterans have allied to form the white-glove consulting firmNew Perspectives Art Partners(NPAP). The founders include onetime Christie’s and Phillips CEO Ed Dolman, who formerly led the Qatar Museums Authority, and his son Alex, with whom he runs Dolman Partners; Brett Gorvy, a former co-head of Christie’s contemporary art department and a partner in the gallery Lévy Gorvy Dayan; Philip Hoffman, of the advisory firm Fine Art Group; and onetime Sotheby’s international chairperson Patti Wong, who now heads Patti Wong and Associates.
The quintet will retain their current jobs, assembling to respond to client needs on a case-by-case basis, serving those at the top end of the industry. The consortium’s members hope to respond nimbly to recent seismic shifts in the market, which include a drift away from nineteenth- and twentieth-century works; the rise of younger collectors; the withdrawal from the international market of Russian and Chinese buyers; the rapid growth of the Asian and Middle East art markets; and the increasing effect of geopolitics on sales.
“What used to be a straightforward business has gotten massively complicated,” Dolman told Artnews. “[The old] auction model, once full of surprise and upside, now feels rigid—designed more to manage risk than to serve buyers.”
“Each one of us represents not only a particular area of expertise, but also a very specific geographical placement: Europe, America, the Middle East and Asia,” Gorvy told the Art Newspaper. According to Gorvy, the consortium will mainly assist family officers, wealth managers, and fiduciaries, as well as clients operating across multiple categories, including luxury items, collectibles, design, and works of art. Gorvy said that NPAP represents 350 top-of-market clients, each of whom is able to spend $30 million on an item.
“Chaos creates opportunity,” Gorvy told Artnews. “If you can help clients navigate it, you can add real value.”