STERENN  DENYS
Art Advisory Services
Creation of Joie de Vivre Art

​At Sterenn Denys Art Advisory, we bring 35 years of expertise in guiding clients through every stage of the art ecosystem. We offer personalised services tailored to your needs, including acquisitions, collection building, reviewing existing collections, sales strategies, investment advice, valuations, and negotiations. Our advisory services extend to the fields of philanthropy and estate planning for art collectors. We help collectors plan the future of their art collections—with clarity, neutrality, and discretion—ensuring that every decision reflects their unique vision.

 

With a deep understanding of the art world and long-standing relationships with key stakeholders, we are dedicated to helping you acquire and manage art that fulfils your most desired objectives. Whether sourcing art and working with a first-time buyer or an experienced collector, we support you with our extensive and trusted network, ensuring that every decision is transparent and well-informed. We handle everything from single objects to entire collections, manage all associated logistics, and navigate the complexities of the global market with discretion and complete confidentiality.

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We are proud to be the third generation of a family with a passion for the arts. Our founder, Sterenn, began selling works of art at the age of 16 at TEFAF Maastricht with her father Philippe Denys, a renowned expert and dealer in 20th-century art. This extraordinary experience instilled in her a unique perception of beauty, a precise search for the rare, and an appetite for high-quality crafted works of art. Her further studies in Art History in Cambridge, Oxford, Sotheby’s Institute in London, as well as Business at Solvay Business School in Brussels – all centres of excellence – have only deepened our team’s expertise.

 

With a strong passion for the synergy between art, design, and architecture, we maintain a keen eye for contemporary, modern, and classical artworks. We help individuals and institutions build meaningful collections that reflect their uniqueness, personal style, and cultural significance.

 

For 35 years, we have delivered tailored solutions to private collectors, corporate clients, museums, and institutions. Our early and ongoing experiences in the art world have allowed us to cultivate and maintain valuable connections with collectors, art critics, and museums, enriching our expertise. This extensive network recently enabled us to manage private sales of Wiener Werkstätte masterpieces from the Palais Stoclet provenance and to curate a selection of photographs for a multifunctional urban space in Beijing – each image reflecting Zen philosophy.

 

Everything we do is created with a belief in thinking differently and challenging the status quo. We are committed to authenticity, capturing reality as it is, without digital alteration. Each photographic piece is a genuine reflection of a contemporary vision, produced with a Leica – a practice that keeps us closely connected with the evolving global art landscape.

 

Sterenn's works are held in renowned private and public collections and exhibited at institutions such as the Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A in London, Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge, le Musée d’Ixelles in Brussels, the Museum für Fotografie in Berlin, le Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi, and the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne.