For Galleries, Collectors and the Art World
A discreet AI specialism for galleries, collectors and the trade.
Three working AI products, an MA from Sotheby's Institute, and the quiet conviction that the art world deserves better than generic tech advice.
The art world is small, private, and rightly cautious. It is also a corner of the economy where AI is already quietly useful — for provenance, for condition, for cataloguing, for market intelligence — and where the wrong tool or the wrong disclosure can do real damage. We sit inside this world, professionally.
What we actually do here
Specific, useful, careful work.
- 01Provenance research — assembling, cross-checking and summarising histories of ownership using a careful mix of archival work and modern tools.
- 02Catalogue-raisonné assistance — supporting the committees and researchers who do this rigorous work, without replacing their judgement.
- 03Condition-report assistance — AI-assisted first-pass reads of photography and reports, always under a human conservator.
- 04Market intelligence — discreet, considered briefs for collectors, dealers and family offices on a specific artist, period or sale.
- 05Cataloguing and inventory — turning a dealer's backlog into a properly structured, searchable archive.
A word on the founder
Why this is a real specialism, not a line on a website.
- 01Ricardo Gonzales holds an MA in Art Business from Sotheby's Institute (London, 2023) and runs three working AI products — Art Collector IQ, ArtCheck, and Art Gallery IQ — used by collectors, dealers and galleries.
- 02He works with art-world clients privately, and will not name them. References can be supplied, on request, to serious enquirers.
Where to start
Most art-world engagements begin with a 30-minute conversation and then a one-off written brief scoped to a specific question — a sale, an artist, an archive, a committee matter.
Details
Commonly asked.
Start with a conversation.
Thirty minutes. At our cost. No obligation.