What do

we do?

We believe your journey through the nuanced world of art should be as beautiful as the works you buy or sell. That’s why Art Market Liaison provides collectors with a tailored, thoughtful, and enjoyable experience. Whether you’re adding to your collection or parting ways with a piece, let us handle every detail so that you can enjoy the experience.

Every project begins with a custom strategy to realize your buying and selling goals. Our team takes the lead on the discovery, procurement, due diligence, negotiations, and coordination for the purchase or sale of private art collections. Our practice is rooted in trust, research, and relationships. We advocate for our clients every step of the way to ensure quality and best-in-class service.   

Services

Art Collection Development:

On the buy side, we help clients realize their vision by finding strong works of art by well-respected artists at great price points from galleries, auctions, online, and through our private sales channels. We use our expertise to analyze a client’s collection, identifying key areas of expansion and strategically building them out.

Personalized Collection Strategies

On the sale side, we provide extensive market analysis to help collectors evaluate their collections on a piece-by-piece basis and develop diversified sales strategies that place works across the market. We collaborate with collectors, their families, and their professional advisors across genres, price points, and varying volumes to find the best venue to sell each piece from a collection on the secondary market.

Curated Selections:

By aligning ourselves with our clients, we’re able to pursue all venues in the art market and find the best pieces available that compliment their vision and budget. Our clients have direct access to our network of top collectors and art world professionals, putting incredible works of art at their fingertips.
Whether you’re seeking a coveted painting, key placement in an auction, or the best recommendation for shipping and framing, we have a vetted list of insiders that can make your art dreams a reality.

Technical Review & Coordination:

It’s our job to make sure our clients and their art are well taken care of. We leverage our extensive auction house, gallery, and art fair expertise when negotiating and reviewing terms. Our team will also ensure your art is professionally and safely packed, collected, and delivered to and from residences, exhibitions, and points of sale all over the world.

Art Collection Development:

On the buy side, we help clients realize their vision by finding strong works of art by well-respected artists at great price points from galleries, auctions, online, and through our private sales channels. We use our expertise to analyze a client’s collection, identifying key areas of expansion and strategically building them out.

Personalized Collection Strategies

On the sale side, we provide extensive market analysis to help collectors evaluate their collections on a piece-by-piece basis and develop diversified sales strategies that place works across the market. We collaborate with collectors, their families, and their professional advisors across genres, price points, and varying volumes to find the best venue to sell each piece from a collection on the secondary market.

Curated Selections:

By aligning ourselves with our clients, we’re able to pursue all venues in the art market and find the best pieces available that compliment their vision and budget. Our clients have direct access to our network of top collectors and art world professionals, putting incredible works of art at their fingertips.
Whether you’re seeking a coveted painting, key placement in an auction, or the best recommendation for shipping and framing, we have a vetted list of insiders that can make your art dreams a reality.

Technical Review & Coordination:

It’s our job to make sure our clients and their art are well taken care of. We leverage our extensive auction house, gallery, and art fair expertise when negotiating and reviewing terms. Our team will also ensure your art is professionally and safely packed, collected, and delivered to and from residences, exhibitions, and points of sale all over the world.

A Selection of Notable
Achievements

Your
Liaisons

to the art
world

We are a group of dynamic, ambitious professionals who are totally in love with art. Our goal is to connect you to the global art community, and we use our expertise and extensive network to do just that. Our clients trust us to guide them through the nuanced world of art, forging an enjoyable journey and landing amazing deals.

Art Market Liaison’s Founder & CEO, Laura A.S. Raiffe, is a charismatic art professional, boss mom, and the best local resource to the global art market. Since Founding Art Market Liaison in 2016, Laura has helped leading collectors buy and sell over a thousand works of art all over the globe, setting several world record prices in the process. Thanks to her deep knowledge and invaluable relationships with top professionals and collectors, she’s become Miami’s most trusted liaison to the world of art. Prior to founding Art Market Liaison, Laura learned the intricacies of the auction business at Christie’s Auction House, where she was the Regional Account Manager and the head of the Trusts, Estates, & Wealth Management division in the Southeast. Her experience also includes working with amazing contemporary artists at the Fredric Snitzer Gallery in Wynwood, as well as launching an international art investment fund throughout Miami and Europe.

Laura has a degree in Art History from the University of Maryland and the American University in Rome. She’s an active member of the community and is involved with the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Perez Art Museum Miami, Locust Projects, Funding Arts Network, JCS, GMJF, and the March of the Living. Her art collection includes the works of Julie Curtiss, Pistoletto, Christo, David Shrigley, Stanley Casselman, Penelope Umbrico, Typoe, Loriel Beltran, Cristina Lei Rodrigues, Magnus Sodamin, Nicholas Norris, and Picasso ceramics among others.

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Art Market Liaison’s Director of Operations, Karol Contreras, was born and raised in Venezuela. Before joining Art Market Liaison, she worked at several galleries, including the Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami, where she worked with incredible emerging and mid-career artists, managed the artwork inventory, fulfilled online sales and designed layouts for art fairs and exhibitions. She also developed an expertise in logistics and operational matters while working at the Aqua Art Miami Fair.

Karol studied engineering at Florida International University before she went on to study Art and Interior Design at Florence Design Academy in Italy. She later completed a degree in Art History from Florida International University. Karol is active in several non-profit organizations that support Venezuela. Her art collection includes the works of Orit Fuchs, Brian Calvin, Osgemeos, JR, Christo, Emily Mae Smith, David Shrigley, Katherine Bernhardt, Marcus Jahmal, Cindy Sherman, Ed Templeton, among others.

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Art Market Liaison’s Founder & CEO, Laura A.S. Raiffe, is a charismatic art professional, boss mom, and the best local resource to the global art market. Since Founding Art Market Liaison in 2016, Laura has helped leading collectors buy and sell over a thousand works of art all over the globe, setting several world record prices in the process. Thanks to her deep knowledge and invaluable relationships with top professionals and collectors, she’s become Miami’s most trusted liaison to the world of art. Prior to founding Art Market Liaison, Laura learned the intricacies of the auction business at Christie’s Auction House, where she was the Regional Account Manager and the head of the Trusts, Estates, & Wealth Management division in the Southeast. Her experience also includes working with amazing contemporary artists at the Fredric Snitzer Gallery in Wynwood, as well as launching an international art investment fund throughout Miami and Europe.

Laura has a degree in Art History from the University of Maryland and the American University in Rome. She’s an active member of the community and is involved with the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Perez Art Museum Miami, Locust Projects, Funding Arts Network, JCS, GMJF, and the March of the Living. Her art collection includes the works of Julie Curtiss, Pistoletto, Christo, David Shrigley, Stanley Casselman, Penelope Umbrico, Typoe, Loriel Beltran, Cristina Lei Rodrigues, Magnus Sodamin, Nicholas Norris, and Picasso ceramics among others.

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Art Market Liaison’s Director of Operations, Karol Contreras, was born and raised in Venezuela. Before joining Art Market Liaison, she worked at several galleries, including the Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami, where she worked with incredible emerging and mid-career artists, managed the artwork inventory, fulfilled online sales and designed layouts for art fairs and exhibitions. She also developed an expertise in logistics and operational matters while working at the Aqua Art Miami Fair.

Karol studied engineering at Florida International University before she went on to study Art and Interior Design at Florence Design Academy in Italy. She later completed a degree in Art History from Florida International University. Karol is active in several non-profit organizations that support Venezuela. Her art collection includes the works of Orit Fuchs, Brian Calvin, Osgemeos, JR, Christo, Emily Mae Smith, David Shrigley, Katherine Bernhardt, Marcus Jahmal, Cindy Sherman, Ed Templeton, among others.

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