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ART TOURS

city | art insider is committed to providing you with a professional, intelligent and engaging exploration of Paris’s art offerings, customized to your particular tastes.

Custom itinerary, no guide

Includes an initial online consultation & a fully customized route and comments through your preferred galleries & exhibitions, delivered online or in printable format.

€150

Discovery, half or full day custom tours

Include online consultation, itinerary development, private guided tour for up to 2 adults & 4 children. Eventually full purchase support, If you do find something you love.

Discovery visit rate - 2h: €250

Expert visit half day rate - 3h: €350

Full day rate - 6h: €600

Additional hours: €100/hr

Non-refundable deposit of €150 is required to secure your dates.

Additional adults:  €50/per person

We accept payment via Stripe, upon receipt of your reservation or registration. 


ART ACQUISITION

Initial consultation
Prior to your arrival in Paris if you are planing a trip, we will exchange by mail, phone or visio, as you prefer and depending on your location. We will review your expectations and tastes, current holdings, eventually collection strategy, refine acquisition goals and begin to look at acquisition targets. We will prepare a selection of artworks matching your criteria, share it with you then modify and extend it according to your reactions. You will end up with a few artworks available for purchase with all infos (price, size, location,…).

Introductory rate €250 

 Ongoing advisory services
You can go see the artworks by yourself or ask us to organise a visit, especially if you liked artworks by artists not represented by a gallery. Count 2h to 3h to see 3-4 artworks.

Hourly rate €100/hr 

Note: we earn a nominal commission from the seller on works you purchase, not from you, so there are no hidden fees (for purchases over €1000). We apply that commission to offset the post-purchase arrangements for your works of art.


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Françoise Pétrovitch (detail, courtesy galerie Semiose Paris)

Françoise Pétrovitch (detail, courtesy galerie Semiose Paris)

Give the gift of art!    

This year, offer the gift of artistic discovery with our gift certificates, for:

A private gallery tour

A 90-minute tour of who's who and what's what in Paris's contemporary galleries in the neighbourhood of his or her choice.

  • the Marais

  • Saint-Germain-des-Prés

  • Montmartre

  • Belleville

 

A private consultation & tour

We start off with a private consultation via phone -- and then customize a 2-hour itinerary of galleries to visit based on your recipient's interests.

Perfect for those who already have strong tastes in art and want to be energized by what's new and exciting in the galleries.

 

Offrez de l'art !

Cette année, offrez un moment privilégié de découverte artistique avec nos cartes cadeau :

Visite privée de galeries

Découvrez les galeries d'art contemporain les plus intéressantes à Paris au cours d'une visite d'1 heure 30 dans le quartier de votre choix.

  • le Marais

  • Saint-Germain-des-Prés

  • Montmartre

  • Belleville

 

Conseil et visite personnalisée

Nous démarrons par un échange téléphonique ou mail pour déterminer vos goûts et vous proposer ensuite un itinéraire de visite de galeries correspondant à ce que vous aimez.

 

No time like the present for this cadeau!

Buy with confidence using Stripe, here.  We will send the printable gift certificate to your email address shortly. The holder of the gift certificate may contact us at anytime to schedule their visit.

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Give the gift of art!    

Offer the gift of artistic discovery with our gift certificates, for:

A private gallery tour

A 90-minute tour of who's who and what's what in Paris's contemporary galleries in the neighbourhood of your choice. For two people.

  • the Marais
  • Saint-Germain-des-Prés
  • Montmartre
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A private consultation & tour

We start off with a private consultation via phone -- and then customize a 2-hour itinerary of galleries to visit based on your recipient's interests.

Perfect for those who already have strong tastes in art and want to be energized by what's new and exciting in the galleries.

 

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Offrez un moment privilégié de découverte artistique avec nos cartes cadeau :

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Découvrez les galeries d'art contemporain les plus intéressantes à Paris au cours d'une visite d'1 heure 30 dans le quartier de votre choix. Valable pour deux personnes.

  • le Marais
  • Saint-Germain-des-Prés
  • Montmartre
  • Belleville

Conseil et visite personnalisée

Nous démarrons par un échange téléphonique ou mail pour déterminer vos goûts et vous proposer ensuite un itinéraire de visite de galeries correspondant à ce que vous aimez.

 

No time like the present for these cadeaux!

We will send the printable gift certificate to your email address shortly. The holder of the gift certificate may contact us at anytime to schedule their visit.

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Full credit given to all artists represented on this site. We do our best to make their work look its best!

Also thanks to all our participating galleries and friends.

Kudos to the Noun Project for letting us use their iconography.

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Finally, we support you in evaluating, selecting, transacting and making sure your valuable acquisitions make it home safely.  


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FINE PRINT: Terms & Conditions

 

In registering for this visit, consultation or event, you signify acceptance of the following terms and conditions.

Refunds/Cancellations Policy: Let us know in writing (via email, SMS or telephone) if you wish to cancel a visit or other booking in whole or in part. We must acknowledge your correspondence in order for cancellation to be processed. We retain 50% of the group tour fee as an administrative charge.

No amendments or name changes are possible for art excursions less than 48 hours before scheduled departure, and the full charge will be levied for cancellations within 48 hours.

Clients that do not check-in at their appointed start point and time will be considered cancelled and normal cancellation policies are applied. Dress appropriately for the weather; tours go ahead rain-or-shine. No amendments are possible after your excursion date and time.

Commission:

Please let your group leader know before buying any works so we can provide you with market advice, and negotiate a discount for you and a small commission from the seller. As professional art advisors we keep your visit rates low by recuperating a commission from the seller on any works you buy during your time with us and for 30 days thereafter.

In fairness, if you purchase a Work without letting us know beforehand, during the Term, we reserve the right to invoice you 10% of the pre-tax purchase price.

Personal mobility:

Please specify at the time of booking if you have any health issues that would require special means of transport or special accommodations at the sites we visit (galleries, ateliers or fairs). If we have not pre-arranged alternate transportation, and it’s not stated, we assume you and accompanying visitors are sufficiently fit for walking around a neighbourhood, climbing stairs to galleries or ateliers, etc.

Visit start and end times:

It is your responsibility to leave ample time for any journey to the indicated meeting point. The time stated on your itinerary is the time of departure for tours. We cannot refund or rebook for you missing excursions, trips or services as a result of delays on other transport services such as traffic, metro, buses and/or railways. See above.

Tickets:

Please ensure you have clarified with your guide/advisor which, if any, tickets you are to purchase in advance online, and which are the responsibility of your guide, and have them with you at the time of your excursion.

Variation of Itinerary:

Subject to your approval, we reserve the right to vary the services described in our itineraries in accordance with new information and opportunities in Paris’s museums and galleries, up to 24 hours prior to excursion.

Alterations:

If we must change details of the excursion for reasons beyond our control, we will notify you as soon as possible and give you the information as to the alterations.

Force Majeure:

Where we cancel the whole excursion before departure because of unusual or unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, then we will refund all money already paid by you, but you will not be entitled to any additional compensation for the loss of the excursion. Where the excursion is interrupted to a significant extent by circumstances beyond our control we will refund what is deemed to be a fair proportion of the cost of the excursion.

Insurance for travellers to Paris:

You are responsible for purchasing and maintaining all necessary insurance, including but not limited to health, cancellation, transportation, liability etc.

Complaints:

In the unfortunate event you have a complaint about your visit, contact your excursion leader and our staff will do their best to rectify your problem. If we cannot resolve your complaint at the time, you should make a written or electronic record of your complaint and hand it to your excursion leader or send it to us at 37 rue Clavel, Paris, FR  within 21 days of the end of the excursion. We will not be able to deal with any complaints unless we are told in writing and by that time.

 

Paris, January 2015