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Barta M.A.I. is the only consulting company specialising exclusively in insuring fine art and valuable private property. Numerous renowned clients trust our expertise and our service offers at Barta M.A.I. Our clients are: HNWI (high net worth individuals), museums, exhibitions, foundations, art dealers, galleries, antiques shops, jewellers and reinsurance demands (insurance company for arranging reinsurance).
When founding the Art Insurance & Consulting Company Barta & Partner in 1996, Nikolaus S. Barta addressed an urgent need on the insurance market. Within a few years, the company has become a successful international player in the art insurance business. Barta M.A.I., formerly known as Barta & Partner, is the only consulting company specializing exclusively in insuring fine art and valuable private property. Numerous renowned clients trust our expertise and our service offers.
The Barta M.A.I. team understands that your fine art collection has considerable financial, cultural and personal value, and requires specialist artwork protection and maintenance.
Barta M.A.I. seeks to find ways to prevent damage from occurring, avoid active deterioration processes and restoring already damaged artworks.
Barta M.A.I. is always prepared for new challenges, whether this involves forwarding individual artworks or complex movements of entire collections that are handled on a national or international basis. Barta is always working with the best partners for each special task and maintains close relations with auction houses and collectors of fine art. We guarantee that only the best care and diligence is always brought to your artworks.
Building an art collection is a rewarding experience, yet one that can be confusing for clients due to the relative opacity of the art market. You may have several reasons to require additional research – either as the current or future owner of a work of art. Barta provides valuations in several fields that can serve as the basis for consignments, insurance and taxation.
When it comes to valuable fine art collections, a broad risk management is crucial, and an approach beyond simply procuring the proper insurance should be taken. Bartas’ range of specialised art insurance will cover your collection – regardless of its location, size or value. Our risk-management offer is there to lower the chances of your suffering material damage to, or the loss of, your valuables.
Selected partners are members of the Art Loss Register, which uses databases to search, register and recover artworks. Barta M.A.I. is involved in the discovery and restitution of artworks considered either looted or stolen. We also employ our own specialist in art theft – for unusual cases.
Integrity and compliance are core values and integral parts of the corporate culture of Barta M.A.I.
Fundamental to this are honest and fair handling with all activities within the Barta Group.