P U R C H A S I N G & C O M M I S S I O N I N G A R T
“In the work that Japanese and British Art Now and Fine Art Consultancy
have become known for in Tokyo and London I feel confident that we will find something that is often missing and that is
the good old human touch, and a sense that the working relationships here are nurtured and developed and I personally feel it's just the way art ought to be."
--- Monty DiPietro. Japan Times contemporary art writer and Tokyo correspondent for ARTnews.
We work closely with the client who might be an individual buying or commissioning a work for their home or a design professional such as
an architect or designer who is sourcing work on behalf of his client. Our exhibition programme together with fifteen years of experience means
that we have many artists ‘on our books’ but sometimes we need to search for the right artist for a particular
project, for example an artist who works in a specific material. We consider the individual environment, its function and purpose, and decide if work should be commissioned art or purchased art.
We offer access to work in diverse media which can be placed as a site specific commission or as existing work which is usually purchased following visits to the
studios of selected artists.
We always follow the project through from the proposal stage to a successful installation of the work. We curate exhibitions and collections and, perhaps because of having ‘one foot in two cultures’ have a unique and fresh approach to all our projects.
“But it will always be people - those rare and wonderful people who love to live in art --
who reach across and breathe the life into cross cultural exchanges. Luckily for artists and art lovers
in Tokyo and London, we have such a person in Kathryn Bell. "
--- Sir Stephen Gomersall, British Ambassador to Japan