INTERNATIONAL FINE ART CONSULTANTS - ART AUTHENTICATION INVESTIGATION & RESEARCH EXPERTS 

ARTIST ATTRIBUTION ANALYSTS - PROVENANCE VERIFICATION -  FAKE & FORGERY DETECTION - ART FRAUD INVESTIGATORS  

  DUE DILIGENCE SCRUTINY - ACQUISITION & FINE ART ASSET MANAGEMENT 

The Depth of Our Investigations:

The Science & Scrutiny of Art Authentication Investigation

Our expert researchers, analysts, art historians, and art authentication investigators dedicate hundreds of hours to archival study and professional scrutiny in ongoing international investigations. This includes comprehensive work on authenticity, forgery detection, art fraud, provenance verification, and artist attribution issues.

The Critical Role of Provenance

Researching a work of art's history and provenance is an essential part of any investigation. While we aim to establish an accurate route from its origin, provenance is often a contentious issue, with many works lacking a clear, proven past beyond assumption or hearsay.

As recent media reports confirm, very convincing—yet entirely false—provenance, including falsified documentation, has been deliberately planted in archives to support fabricated works. Infamous cases like John Drewe & John Myatt highlight this significant risk in the art market.

Beyond the Surface: Comprehensive Scrutiny

Today, it's not enough to simply scrutinize the work of art tself. Any accompanying documentation, alleged history, prior ownership details, and the work of art's entire background must be thoroughly investigated and cross-referenced academically. This comprehensive scrutiny is vital for substantiating any official and internationally recognized claim for authenticity.

How Freemanart Can Help You

Uncovering the truth behind a work of art demands unparalleled dedication and a multi-faceted investigative approach. Our expert researchers, analysts, art historians, and art authentication investigators commit countless hours to rigorous archival study and professional scrutiny in international investigations.

While the duration and scope of each project varies, we provide clear, well-defined professional services tailored to your needs, including:

• Authentication: We offer expert preliminary advisory by conducting balanced and impartial viability assessments. For full investigations, we direct and undertake comprehensive, in-depth, multilingual, and international investigative research into all works of art, including any required forensic or external applications. All confidential investigations aim to establish formally recognised confirmation of legitimacy with irrefutable certification of authenticity, upheld by the appropriate, legally acknowledged, or internationally sanctioned authority, body, or foremost expert on a given artist, as globally required.
  
  
• Attributions: We conduct investigations to determine and confirm the identity of a previously anonymous artist, studio, or workshop from which a work of art most likely originated. We also re-examine and investigate any previous attribution that may be incorrectly applied, scrutinising any attribution that has been formally questioned or is now under doubt.
  
  
• Confirmation: We effect the research and analysis required in investigating the legitimacy of the provenance, background history, lineage, or prior ownership of a work of art, in order to fully qualify and confirm its accuracy, legitimacy, and accountability.
  
  
• Scrutiny: We identify fakes, spurious or faux works of art, and forgeries. This includes identifying any false supportive accompanying provenance documentation and illegitimate Certificates of Authenticity (COAs). We also determine any works of art which may be studio or later copies, or those previously given incorrect or mistaken attributions.
  
  
• Prosecution: We investigate alleged art fraud or attempted forgery, assisting and advising individuals or legal counsels who are, or may be, considering litigating or prosecuting a crime. This includes conducting investigative work for both legal professionals and corporate and private clients internationally.
  
  
• Due Diligence: We undertake all fine art-related due diligence and duty of care inquiries, including safe pre-purchase or fine art sale-related checks and audits. We also assist clients in addressing and consolidating a well-balanced future family distribution of their fine art assets.
  
  
• Appraisals: Our services include valuations for sale, purchase, or insurance purposes, as well as on-site quality and condition assessments and reports.

We are here to help and advise you professionally with all fine art authenticity and attribution-related matters.

Services for the Legal Sector

Legal & Litigation Research undertake  on behalf of Solicitors, Lawyers, Attorneys and Law Firms:

Freemanart provides specialised research and academic studies to the international legal fraternity, including attorneys, lawyers, solicitors, barristers, and specialist law firms. Our work covers a variety of art, art fraud, and art authenticity-related issues across the globe, offering in-depth analysis and expert insights for complex legal cases.

Research and Consulting to the Film and Television Industry

Freemanart serves as art consultants, advisors, and factual information consultants to the film and television industry across both sides of the Atlantic. We provide expert reference services and formal expertise in format development, story line creation, concept refinement, and script support. Our work has contributed to productions such as:

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

• BBC/Hustle

• Treasures that Talk

• Secret Britain

• Flog It!

• and many others