Vastari facilitates connections between content owners and museums globally, bringing together collectors and exhibition industry professionals. Operating at the intersection of culture and technology enables us to analyse the latest worldwide trends and behaviours around collections, exhibitions, institutions and beyond.
Vastari reports are compiled with the participation of exhibition industry professionals and individuals located across over fifty countries
Challenge your understanding of how the industry works. Through detailed analysis from our large and diverse dataset, we shed light on the forces and tensions affecting the exhibition and art ecosystem.
Vastari asks the right questions and provides you with unique insights, meaning that future behaviours and strategies are formulated with the benefit of greater intelligence.
Key developments amongst Vastari’s global collectors looking at their age, demographic, motivations, and relationships with museums, artists and suppliers.
Extensive analysis of the museum industry, identifying the key trends in the exhibitions ecosystem.
Examining how budgets are allocated to owning, developing and managing a collection. Do collectors lend to museums out of financial interest or are other reasons emerging?
Statistics and analyses of museum budgets and the wider economics of exhibitions.
What our customers say
Ed Vaizey
Former Minister for Culture, United KingdomI’ve known the team at Vastari for years and am delighted they have decided to share the insights from their research with the world.
Having worked closely with museums and cultural institutions in the UK, I can see how important it is for them to understand the working practices of their international counterparts.
David Preston
Regional Director UK & Ireland, Crown Fine ArtThe Vastari Collector Report has enabled us to gain a valuable insight into the diversity and motivations of our client demographic, delightfully reassuring us that our global business is moving in the right direction with our activities and plans.
This has also challenged us to think about what a client looks for in their art handling storage provider, all so very important for an ever-changing and eco-aware art world.
Louise Hamlin
Director of the Art Business Conference, United KingdomAt the Art Business Conference, we strive to empower the industry with knowledge and skill-sharing.
We really appreciate that Vastari has decided to share their findings with the wider art & culture industry and look forward to sharing the findings with the visitors of our conference.
Blackwall Green
Early SubscriberOver the last 50 years, we have arranged insurance for the museum sector and collectors of art in the UK and Internationally. Understanding our clients’ insurance requirements in an ever-changing arena is essential to the future of our business and we look forward to learning more about the changing needs and expectations of our clients from the unique perspective provided by The Vastari Global Report.
Nicholas Merkelson
Consultant, Lord Cultural ResourcesVastari’s reporting is critical to the cultural sector. The findings are not merely perceptual but quantitative and based on key institutional numbers. The data is real and provides a level of insight never before revealed. The data will inform operational models and impact trends for the future.
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Due to the ongoing situation with regard to Coronavirus both within the UK and globally, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel the breakfast launch event for our new Collector Reports. The Global Collector Trends and The Finances Behind Collecting Reports will be published later this Spring 2020 and are available for pre-order here.
We are already looking at a range of exciting initiatives to accompany the release and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
The Vastari Team
Lindsay Dewar is a seasoned veteran of data analysis for the art world. Working with ArtTactic she has contributed to two of its main partnership publications; the Hiscox Online Art Trade Report and the TEFAF Art Dealer Finance Report.
Formerly an in-house lawyer with Deloitte & Touche LLP, Beatrice Ridley is an art advisor specialising in contemporary art. She has over 8 years experience working with emerging and established artists from around the world. In recent years she has increased her role as an independent art advisor and consultant, helping develop corporate and private collections.
Andrea has 6 years of experience in quality assurance and master data maintaining, having previously worked in a leading European organisation. She holds a degree in Business from Universidad Pública de Navarra.
Biggles is a computer scientist with degrees from the University of Oxford and Parsons Paris. He's been working at the intersection of gaming, art, data and the experience economy his whole career.
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