AVAA is an art advisory firm specialized in contemporary art for private individuals, companies and foundations.

Art Advisory

AVAA offers a comprehensive service, guiding you through every stage of acquiring your contemporary artwork :

The analysis of a questionnaire which defines your budget, project and artistic tastes.

The design of your tax optimization strategy for your acquisition.

The presentation of selected artists, including an analysis of their artistic series, market data (primary and secondary market prices), and support from key players (galleries, foundations, museums).

The research of artworks available on the art market (primary and secondary market galleries, auction houses, artists, private collectors).

The negotiation of the artwork's price.

The supervision of all legal documents related to the artwork acquisition, transport, and insurance.

The installation of the artwork, offering you custom solutions such as the creation of transparent Plexiglas display cases if the artwork requires public protection.

AVAA's commission :

In the event of a successful sale, the buyer of the artwork pays AVAA a commission of 10% of the artwork's purchase price.

AVAA does not receive any commission from artwork sellers, which guarantees its impartiality in its selection of artworks and its independence in negotiating prices.

Art Basel - Paris

About

Alexandre Vieira has started his art career in 2010 with the creation of Wide Painting, a contemporary art gallery located in Paris in the famous St Germain area.

Elected the youngest gallerist in France in Edgar Magazine in 2012, Alexandre Vieira has had the will to help and promote several of his contemporaries, launching 6 emerging artists on the art market : Marion Colomer and Timothée Talard from Beaux-Arts de Paris, Julien Grudzinski from Beaux-Arts d’Aix-en-Provence, Catherine Javel from Beaux-Arts de Versailles, the fashion photographer Susanne Stemmer and the street artist Le Diamantaire.

With Wide Painting, Alexandre Vieira has supported these artists, in a continual artistic dialogue on their works, creating 13 exhibitions in his gallery in Paris and 4 "off the wall" exhibitions : in Paris at the Parc de Bagatelle and at the restaurants Miss Ko and Jacopo on Champs-Élysées, in New York at the restaurant Cipriani.

By the quality of Alexandre Vieira’s artistic choices, Wide Painting has been selected to be represented on Artsy, the art world leader web platform, from 2016 to 2022. Wide Painting has made exhibited its artists in museums, in Paris at the Palais de Tokyo and at Art 42 ; in international art fairs, in Paris at the Show Off art fair and at the Nuit Blanche event selected by the Paris City Hall, in Italy at the Venice Art Biennale at the Palazzo Mora selected by the European Cultural Centre. About the media coverage of artists and exhibitions, Wide Painting has been featured in more than 70 international media as France 2 TV, M6 TV, Paris Première TV, ORF TV, Madame Figaro, GQ, Paris Capitale, Arts Magazine, art press, Lifestyle Mag.

Since 2010, Alexandre Vieira has visited major international art fairs as Art Basel in Basel and Miami to meet his collectors and to follow and analyze the art market. This way, Alexandre Vieira was able to create a large artist database seeing a lot of artist works and spotting the most talented artists.

In 2024, Alexandre Vieira has opened a new chapter with AVAA, a firm dedicated to art advisory on contemporary art. AVAA is born from the desire of Alexandre Vieira to mix his gallerist eye to his art market knowledge to advise collectors on their acquisitions.