Services

Art Advisory Services

Uribe Fine Art provides a full range of art advisory services for private collectors, museums, and institutional collections, meeting each client’s needs with understanding and discretion. As a global market leader with over three decades of experience in the fields of Impressionist and Modern, Latin American, and Contemporary art, Uribe is uniquely positioned to help collectors through every aspect of building and managing a fine art collection, from education and acquisition to exhibition loans and deaccessions. Offering both short- and long-term strategic advice and professional guidance to buyers and sellers, Uribe Fine Art utilizes insider market intelligence and lasting industry relationships to educate and guide clients through the collecting process.

Expertise

An accomplished and knowledgeable advisor, Uribe is a recognized expert in his field, having previously spent over 25 years at leading auction houses Sotheby’s and Phillips as Director and then Vice-Chairman in the Latin American, Contemporary, and Impressionist and Modern Art departments. Prior to Sotheby’s, he served as Director at Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, a gallery specializing in Modern Latin American Art, where he was responsible for expanding the gallery’s Latin American client base. He was also appointed to the Advisory Board of the Mexican Cultural Institute of the Consul General of Mexico in New York in 1991 and has remained an active and sought-after promoter of Latin American culture, frequently invited to speak by many of the art world’s most prestigious institutions. 

Art Curating & Sale Services

Whether starting a new collection or expanding and refining an existing one, Uribe Fine Art draws on comprehensive market insight, long-term relationships, and industry knowledge to help both new and experienced collectors to build and manage their fine art collections. Capitalizing on his auction house and gallery experience, Uribe helps clients gain access to top-quality works of art by emerging and blue-chip artists through both primary and secondary avenues, ensuring wise, value-driven acquisitions. Uribe has a proven track record of locating and sourcing major works of art. One of many examples is having driven growth of consigned property through Los Angeles from $14 million to over $90 million in just four years as Director of West Coast Operations for Sotheby’s. 

Uribe Fine Art aims to meet each client’s specific needs

When refining a collection, there will also be a variety of reasons for deaccessioning a work of art. Uribe Fine Art aims to meet each client’s specific needs while maximizing the value of the artwork through the many available options for sale. With an in-depth understanding of all market conditions gleaned from years of experience, Uribe will help navigate the process of selling privately or at auction for the best possible result. Recently, Uribe brokered the private sale of Diego Rivera’s magnum opus Baile en Tehuantepec for $15,750,000, the current world record price for any Latin American work of art, to the MALBA Museum in Buenos Aires. During his tenure as Director and Vice Chairman of the Impressionist and Modern Art department at Sotheby’s, Uribe and his colleagues were responsible for many record-breaking results, including Pablo Picasso’s Garçon à la pipe, the first painting to achieve over $100 million; Edvard Munch’s The Scream, the first drawing to fetch over $100 million. Most recently, Uribe was responsible for the consignment and sale of Claude Monet’s Meulles, the only Impressionist painting to sell for over $100 million at auction.

Exhibition Services

In order to advance a collection’s status and influence, Uribe Fine Art can assist clients with the museum and institutional exhibition loans, as well as donations and bequests. With an extensive network of longstanding relationships at many of the world’s most prestigious museums and organizations, Uribe targets the right institutions for each collector’s artworks and represents their interests in all negotiations.

BoARDS SERVED

In addition to his significant commercial experience, Uribe has served on the Board of Directors for several institutions including The Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; The Americas Society Gallery; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions; and The Mexican Cultural Institute, Consul General, New York, placing him in an ideal position to maximize the visibility of his clients’ artworks.