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About

ABOUT

 

GIGLIOART is an international advisory firm headquartered in London, specializing in modern and contemporary art. We support private collectors, family offices, and institutional investors in the strategy, growth, and management of major collections, offering independent, conflict-free advice, museum-level standards, and rigorous AML/KYC compliance.

 

We operate end-to-end: defining collection strategies and curatorial frameworks; managing on-market and off-market acquisitions and private sales; conducting provenance research, due diligence, valuations, and responsible deaccessioning. We oversee condition assessments, conservation, and long-term collection care; arrange institutional loans and museum placements; and design, produce, and deliver both public and private - institutional and corporate - exhibitions, from concept development and curatorial vision through production, loan management, and communications.

 

We manage established collections through governance and active management programs: audits and inventories, cataloguing and digitalization, policies and procedures, insurance and loan administration, exhibition rotation planning and conservation upkeep, consolidation and selective deaccession, periodic reporting to committees and boards, as well as intergenerational succession planning.

 

In the structured finance space, we design and execute art-backed credit solutions: collateralized lending facilities, co-investment and acquisition vehicles (SPVs), credit underwriting, and ongoing risk monitoring (covenants, LTV, liquidity stress tests), including syndicated structures with private banks, private credit funds, and insurers. We provide independent valuations and fairness opinions to support extraordinary transactions, alongside escrow & settlement services, cashflow optimization, and governance reporting tailored to family offices and institutions.

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LEADERSHIP​

Luca Giglio - Founder & CEO, with over twenty years in the international art market, Luca has built a reputation grounded in discretion, analytical rigor, and flawless execution. His background bridges a family legacy tied to the Italian Fine Arts Authority and service as an officer in the Italian Army, combining cultural sensitivity with disciplined leadership.

 

Luca leads complex acquisition and divestment mandates, public-private exhibition projects, and structured finance transactions secured by art assets, working in partnership with private banks, direct lending funds, and insurers. His expertise spans deal origination, SPV structuring, art-backed lending, credit due diligence, covenant/LTV management, and risk governance frameworks for family offices and institutions.

 

He maintains a global network across artists, estates, galleries, and museums, while developing cultural programs and institutional initiatives that engage audiences with art - aligning cultural relevance with strategic value.

ARTISTS

SELECTION OF ARTISTS

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BANKSY, ALIGHIERO BOETTI, AGOSTINO BONALUMI, ALBERTO BURRI, PIER PAOLO CALZOLARI, GIUSEPPE CAPOGROSSI, ENRICO CASTELLANI, GIORGIO DE CHIRICO, PIERO DORAZIO, LUCIANO FABRO, SHEPARD FAIREY, LUCIO FONTANA, GIOSETTA FIORONI, JANNIS KOUNELLIS, RICHARD LONG, PIERO MANZONI, MARIO MERZ, MARISA MERZ, KENNET NOLAND, MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO, GIUSEPPE PENONE, MIMMO PALADINO, GIULIO PAOLINI, ARNALDO POMODORO, RETNA, MIMMO ROTELLA, PAOLO SCHEGGI, MARIO SCHIFANO, RICHARD SERRA, GIUSEPPE UNCINI, CHRISTOPHER WOOL, HELIDON XHIXHA.

Artists

SERVICES

GIGLIOART offers a professional consulting service dedicated to the strategic management of collections and artworks aimed at collectors and investors worldwide.

COLLECTION

MANAGEMENT

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Our Collection Management service can be subdivided into the following categories

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DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

Art is a primary investment in the creation of short, medium and long term assets aimed at private collectors and institutional investors. As a result, our vision is structured through the following activities:

* Understanding the cultural, artistic and patrimonial purposes of the collection;

* Evaluation of the current and prospective collection’s profile based upon the owner’s artistic, cultural and financial affinities;

* Planning of valorisation activities.

 

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INVENTORY

* Researching  the history of individual artworks;

* Documentation of authenticity, origin and relative due diligence;

* Condition report;

* Cataloguing and photographic cataloging;

* Organization and coordination of logistical associated with individual collections and artworks;

* Management of all risk insurance;

* Periodic checks and evaluations.

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ART TRADING & BRANDING

* Sale and acquisition of artworks;

* Artist  Right's management and reproduction requests;

* Management of loan requests by public exhibitions and museums;

* Import and export management (including tax liability and export license issues).

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ART

TRADING

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PRIVATE SALES​

By operating with the upmost confidentiality, GIGLIOART guarantees its clients total discretion during the purchase and sale of modern and contemporary artworks. Each individual sale is carefully and comparatively evaluated, presenting to its clients the best procedure for the sale of an artwork or collection (private, corporate, investment fund, with the support of Auction Houses in private negotiation and/or with public auctions).

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ART LENDING

Throughout the years, GIGLIOART has consolidated relations with numerous international partners. As a result of this, we are able to provide our clients with an alternative approach to accessing liquidity requirements by successfully consulting warranties for individual artworks.

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ART

BRANDING

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Throughout the years, GIGLIOART has consolidated its Art Brandin service by offering clients expert consultancy conducted through analysis and management of individual pieces, guaranteeing the increase in identity of individual works and corporate brands. 

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This is achieved by enhanching individual artworks or collaborations through the positioning of them in international exhibitions, museums, publication in catalogues, curatorial articles, press releases and corporation with corporate brands.

 

In-depth market studies and partnership with major brans allow for the development of special projects, aligning the  association of the brand itself with the social and cultural values of  art.

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ART

ADVISORY

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The current positioning of the international art market, which tends to financialization of art activities, places GIGLIOART in the perfect position to offer artistic advice to the funds focusing on art investment.

 

The art investment funds will aim to attract new capital, consequentially making the art market more liquid and tangible in a market renowned for intangible and emotional value.

 

Even thought art is seen as a real but a luxury item, to transform a passion investment into a tangible investment and at the same time increasing both the collective value and identity of the artwork, places GIGLIOART's competences and network at the center of the system.

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DUE

DILIGENCE

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Before proceeding with any acquisition or sale of artworks, GIGLIOART undergoes a scrutino Due Diligence procedure to determine many factors, including the authenticity of the work and the beneficial owner.  

 

A NUMBER OF THE DD ACTIVITIES INCLUDED:

* Verification of the authenticity and provenience;

* Cross-check with certification archives and catalogues;

* Scientific analysis;

* Legal status verification;

* Image rights.

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TAX & LEGAL

ADVICE

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The acquisition, ownership, and sale of artwork is a highly specialised field. Whatever the circumstances, we aim to identify and deliver commercially informed, pragmatic and bespoke solutions for our clients.

In collaboration with our specialists in  Tax and Legal Partner, we provides deal with art transactions and other relevant issues and disputes. These include matters relating to contract, auction, attribution, provenance, restitution, artist rights, cultural heritage, intellectual property, tax and estate planning – including tax incentives such as the Cultural Gifts Scheme in the UK, Art Bonus in Italy, and inheritance tax conditional exemption – export licences , insurance, finance and collateral.

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Services
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PRIVATE VIEW

PRIVATE VIEW - Unconventional location for art - It's a concept conceived by Luca Giglio, Founder & CEO of GIGLIO ART, to involve the international excellences from the world of art, design and top lifestyle brands, in a unconventional environments that are curated and usable as cultural institutions.

 

PRIVATE VIEW makes private what is destined to be public: the great museum exhibitions, the great cultural marketing projects told in excellent locations, where cultural comparison becomes an acquisition and investment strategy, with a privileged look at the selected brand.

Exhibitions

EXHIBITIONS

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HELIDON XHIXHA

“XHIXHA - La Reggia allo specchio”

Palazzo Reale - Milan

Curated by M.Tonelli e M. Bonuomo

01th July - 03th September, 2023.

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ANDY WARHOL

“Serial Identities”

MAGA - Gallaratel

Curated by Maurizio Vanni

22th January - 18th June, 2023.

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MIMMO ROTELLA

“Private View”

Le Privé - Milan

Curated by Mimmo Rotella Foundation

19th December 2022 - 19th March, 2023.

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ANDY WARHOL

“Pop Art Identities”

Messe - Basel

Curated by Maurizio Vanni

10th June - 29th August, 2021.

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ANDY WARHOL

“The Alchemist of the sixties”

Villa Reale - Monza

Curated by Maurizio Vanni

25th January - 28th April, 2019.

 

GIOSETTA FIORONI

“Viaggio sentimentale”

Museo del ‘900 - Milan

Curated by Flavio Arensi and Elettra Bottazzi

6th April - August 26th, 2018.

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GIOSETTA FIORONI

“Roma anni ’60”

MMOMA - Moscow

Curated by Marco Meneguzzo

6th September - 22th October , 2017.

 

GIOSETTA FIORONI

“La Spia Ottica 1968/2018”

Frieze - New York

Curated by Cecilia Alemani

5th May - 7th May, 2017.

 

CESARE BERLINGERI

“Personale 2017"

Galleria Italia, Italian Consulate - Miami

Curated by Franco Valli

18th April - 19th May, 2017.

 

WHAROL vs GARTEL

“Hyp Hop”

Lucca Center of Contemporary Art: Lu.C.C.A.

Curated by Maurizio Vanni

25th February - 18th June, 2017.

 

GIOSETTA FIORONI

“Roma anni ’60”

Museo Marca - Catanzaro

Curated by Marco Meneguzzo, Piero Mascitti and Elettra Bottazzi

4th June - 31th August, 2016.

 

LA TELA VIOLATA

“Amadio - Bonalumi - Burri - Castellani - Fontana - Scheggi - Simeti

e l’indagine fisica della terza dimensione”

Lucca Center of Contemporary Art: Lu.C.C.A.

Curated by Maurizio Vanni

19th March - 19th June, 2016.

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PABLO PICASSO

“The legend of art: Picasso”

Global Harbor Mall - Shanghai

Curated by Francesco Gallo Mazzeo 

27th October, 2015 - 31th January, 2016.

 

ANDY WARHOL & MIMMO ROTELLA

“You Are Art!”

Mosaic Mall - Shanghai

Curated by Giraldi Associati Architetti

18th July, 2015 - 16th January, 2016.

 

SHEPARD FAIREY

“#OBEY”

PAN | Palazzo delle Arti - Naples

Curated by Achille Bonito Oliva

6th December, 2014 - 18th February, 2015.

 

SEBASTIÃO SALGADO

“Genesi"

GIGLIOART Space - Milan

Curated by Lélia Wanick Salgado 

on a project by Contrasto and Amazonas Images

6th October - 6th November, 2014.

 

MIMMO ROTELLA

“Décollage e retro d’affiches”

Palazzo Reale - Milan

Curated by Germano Celant

13th June - 31th August , 2014.

 

ANDY WARHOL

“Vetrine”

PAN | Palazzo delle Arti - Naples

Curated by Achille Bonito Oliva

18th April - 20th July, 2014.

 

SHEPARD FAIREY

“Passaggio in Italia”

GIGLIOART Space - Milan 

Curated by Sabina de Gregori 

7th November - 7th December, 2012.

 

ANDY WARHOL

“The American Dream”

MdM Museum - Porto Cervo (SS)

Curated by Achille Bonito Oliva

22th June, 2012 - 22th September, 2013.

 

LA TRANSAVANGUARDIA ITALIANA

"Chia - Clemente - Cucchi - De Maria - Paladino"

Palazzo Reale - Milan

Curated by Achille Bonito Oliva

23th November, 2011 - 22th April, 2012.

 

ARTEMPORARY

“Temporary actions for timeless art”

Palazzo Visconti - Milan

Curated by Luca Giglio

22th May - 25th May, 2011.

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ALDA MERINI - MIMMO ROTELLA

“Milano. Ultimo atto d’amore”

Palazzo Reale - Milan

Curated by Piero Mascitti

18th December, 2010 - 15th February, 2011.

 

MIMMO ROTELLA

“Prima del Decollage”

Pinacoteca Provinciale di Bari - Bari

Curated by Alberto Fiz

30th May - 15th July, 2009.

 

MIMMO ROTELLA

“Artypo”

MDM Museum - Porto Cervo - Arzachena 

Curated by Luca Massimo Barbero

13th June - 21th September, 2008.

 

ALIGHIERO BOETTI

“Boetti”

Palazzo Arnone - Cosenza

Curated by Bruno Cora

17th December 17, 2005 - 26th February, 2006.

 

MARIO CEROLI

“Mario Ceroli”

Castello Svevo - Bari

Curated by Enrico Crispolti

13th February - 30th November, 2003.

Contact

CONTACT 

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LONDON

 167-169 Great Portland St 

London W1W 5PF

United Kingdom 

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MILAN

Via Carlo Maria Martini, 1

Milan 20122 

Italy

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info@giglioart.com

 

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