Consultation & Design

Art Advisory & Design Consultation

We work to your brief, your budget and your timeline, and we will tell you honestly if nothing in our collection suits the project.

In home consultations across Sydney, and digital visualisations for clients further afield. For collectors, interior designers, architects and developers.

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Original Australian artwork selected during a SOHO Galleries art advisory consultation

How involved we get

As much or as little as you need.

A single recommendation, a curated shortlist, or a full project brief managed end to end. We suggest works by artist, style, medium, scale or palette, and we are comfortable being told no.

A single recommendation

You know the wall and roughly what you want. We shortlist two or three works, send images at scale, and you decide. Often one conversation.

A curated shortlist

We visit, look at your light, finishes and furniture, then build a considered selection across several artists and price points.

A full project brief

Selection, approvals, procurement, framing, delivery and installation managed as one service, to your programme.

Corporate and commercial art placement

We work with hotel groups, property developers, architects and commercial interior designers to source and place artwork at scale. From a single reception piece to a multi floor fitout, we manage selection, approvals, procurement, delivery and installation as one service. We work to construction timelines and coordinate directly with project managers on site.

Art investment guidance

We are not financial advisors. After 30 years in this market, though, we know which Australian artists are building meaningful careers and which works are priced below where they will trade in five years. If you are buying with an eye on the long term, talk to us. We will share what we know, what we have seen sell well, and what we would buy ourselves. It is a direct conversation, not a pitch.

Art acquisitions and sourcing

Looking for a work by an artist we do not currently represent? We have long standing relationships across the Australian art market and can often source works through our network. Tell us who or what you are looking for and we will make enquiries on your behalf, with no obligation to proceed.

Painting commissions

Sometimes the right artwork does not exist yet. We work with over 30 active Australian painters, many of whom take commissions. Bring us a brief: size, palette, mood, reference images. We will match you with the right artist, manage the timeline, and keep you informed throughout. Commissions are available for residential and commercial clients. See our commissions page for more detail.

Questions

Asked often enough to answer.

Call the gallery and someone who does the work will answer.

0460 009 991

What does a consultation cost?

It depends on the scope. Tell us what you are working on and we will quote before anything starts. For commercial and multi work projects we scope and price the advisory component up front so there are no surprises.

Do you consult if I am not in Sydney?

Yes. We consult in person at your home or workplace across the Sydney metro area, including Mosman, Clontarf, Double Bay, Bondi, Manly and Cronulla. For clients further afield we work from photographs and plans and produce digital visualisations of shortlisted works to scale in your space.

Can you work to an interior designer or architect brief?

Regularly. We work from mood boards, finishes schedules, floor plans and elevations, and can present to your client directly or stay in the background. We are used to approval processes and construction programmes.

What if nothing in your collection suits?

We will say so. We would rather tell you plainly than sell you something that does not work. Where we can, we will source through our network or point you to someone better placed.

Do you only advise on your own artists?

No. We represent over 60 Australian artists and sculptors, but we also source works by artists we do not represent through long standing relationships across the Australian art market.

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