The Met, away from the crowd
Five thousand years of art on Fifth Avenue, an art historian to guide you room after room; an out-of-hours visit is requested, when the museum allows it.
Heritage & Culture · New York
Heritage in New York: a city of art, in private
The Met in its quiet hours, an auction seen up close.
The experience
Heritage & Culture
The great museums
MoMA, Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim, the Frick Collection in its mansion, the Whitney: the masterpieces of Manhattan, in the quiet slots.
The art market and galleries
Pre-sale exhibitions at Sotheby's and Christie's, a tour of the Chelsea galleries with the dealers, advice from an independent expert.
The dossier
New York
Heritage & Culture
The great museums, in the quiet hours
The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds five thousand years of creation on Fifth Avenue; MoMA gathers masterpieces of modern art, the Guggenheim unfolds its Frank Lloyd Wright spiral, the Frick Collection shows Vermeer and Rembrandt in a Gilded Age mansion. We arrange the visit with an art historian, and ask for an out-of-hours slot when the institution allows it.
Works narrated by those who know them well, major exhibitions seen in the quiet hours: New York art is discovered with care, at your pace and to your passions. We tell you when a request isn't possible.
The art market and the auction houses
New York is a major centre of the art market. We arrange visits to the pre-sale exhibitions at Sotheby's and at Christie's, at Rockefeller Center — the chance to approach masterpieces before they join collections.
Accompaniment by an independent expert, meetings requested with the houses' specialists, advice on an acquisition or a bid: we guide the eye as much as the decision, in complete discretion.
The Chelsea galleries and the studios
Chelsea holds a rare density of contemporary art galleries, between the High Line and the Hudson. We arrange the tour with the gallerists, ask for a visit to a living artist's studio, and access to foundations and private collections when their owners agree.
A confidential preview, a meeting with an artist, the discovery of a private collection on the Upper East Side: the living scene of New York often opens to those who are introduced.
The cultural day, end to end
Chauffeured car, an art historian at the Met in the morning, lunch, a pre-sale exhibition at Sotheby's in the afternoon, then the Chelsea galleries at opening hour: we compose the whole day, museum after gallery, so all you do is look.
New York
The address book
A few of the names we open — the book itself never closes.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Five thousand years of art on Fifth Avenue, with an art historian; out-of-hours visit on request, when the museum allows it.
The Frick Collection
Vermeer, Rembrandt and Bellini in a Gilded Age magnate's mansion, a rare setting in New York.
MoMA
Masterpieces of modern art, from Van Gogh to Picasso, in the quiet slots with an art historian.
Solomon R. Guggenheim
Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral on Fifth Avenue, a masterpiece of architecture as much as a museum.
Sotheby's & Christie's
The two great auction houses, pre-sale exhibitions, meetings with the specialists on request.
Chelsea galleries
A rare density of contemporary galleries, between the High Line and the Hudson, visited with the dealers.
And every other: from the confidential neighbourhood table to the fully-booked three-star. Name yours — we know the house.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
We arrange the visit with an art historian, at your pace, and ask for an out-of-hours slot subject to the museum's rules and programme. We tell you when it isn't possible.
Yes, for MoMA, the Guggenheim, the Frick Collection and the Whitney, subject to each institution's rules and calendar. We compose the route to your passions.
Yes: pre-sale exhibitions, meetings requested with the houses' specialists and the guidance of an independent adviser on an acquisition or a bid.
Yes: a tour of the Chelsea galleries with the dealers, a visit to a living artist's studio and private collections when their owners agree. Composed to your interests.
For an out-of-hours request at the Met or another great museum, several weeks are needed, with no certainty of a yes. Galleries, studios and sales can be composed more quickly, subject to the calendar.
Heritage & Culture · Elsewhere
The city keeps its masterpieces. We take you to them.