Independent

We are independent from any art expert, dealer, gallery or auction house.

Board of Recommendation

• Aart van Bochove (chairman Bach Society & former CEO Martinair) "An innovative platform for innovative arts."
• Jeroen Krabbé (artist, actor and film director) "An open platform for New Artists: surprising and exciting."
• Simon Levie (former director Rijksmuseum) "A new and transparent way to discover art."
• Jan Six (old master dealer) "An innovative method for artists and contemporary art critics to increase their network and visibility."

We explicitly do not have any active contemporary art experts on our Board of Recommendation due to our independence.

Team

 
Tim Noortman worked as consultant for OC&C Strategy Consultants. Previously he was a pilot at Martinair and Cartier for 8 years. Tim obtained an MBA at INSEAD and studied Economics in Amsterdam and Aviation in Maastricht. His father was an art dealer in old master art. Tim recently made his first artwork: new master art?

Joost Schardijn has experience as portfolio manager at Rocket Internet.  Before that he was a manager in Corporate Finance for Kempen & Co. He also worked 5 years as strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company and Booz Allen & Hamilton. Joost obtained an MBA at INSEAD and studied Economics in Rotterdam. He just bought his first artworks with his girlfriend.

Lupo Westerhuis has extensive experience as general manager Europe at uShip.com. Previously he worked 3 years as manager new business development at eBay and for 5 years as tax lawyer at Deloitte. Lupo obtained an MBA at INSEAD and studied Law in Leiden. He is married and has two sons. Son Olivier makes great drawings.

Sister companies

• Art Inspectors
  Online art advice for collectors
  (as iPhone App & www.artinspectors.com)
• Art Yell
  Create art & photo projects for companies
  (www.artyell.com)

Ambassador

Margje Teeuwen (artist, architect and former olympic hockey player).