A place for art in your international portfolio.

Oakhouse helps you choose the right work, understand the market behind its price, and handle the details of owning it outside Brazil.

Two starting points

Start with what you already own.

An astronomer by a window, resting his hand on a celestial globe. — Johannes Vermeer, *The Astronomer*, 1668 (detail)Vermeer, *The Astronomer*, 1668

If you already hold assets abroad

Investments, accounts, a business, a holding company, or property.

A work by an established artist is a tangible asset, much like real estate, with a global pool of buyers. It trades in major currencies and can be documented and insured. If you’re taking stock of what you own abroad, art can bring something distinct to the mix.

If most of what you own is in Brazil

The Ibovespa from 2010 to 2025, in two currencies

132%

in Brazilian reais

−

30%

in US dollars

The same index gained in reais and fell in dollars. Internationally traded art is priced in major currencies and has buyers around the world.

Sources: B3 and the Central Bank of Brazil (PTAX). Calculations by Oakhouse.

Yours, wherever you choose to keep it.

Keep the work at home or in specialist art storage. We can help you hold it through your family’s ownership structure and arrange insurance and documentation wherever it travels.

Bosschaert, c. 1620 · Hilma af Klint, 1907 · Hokusai, c. 1832 · Malevich, 1916Bosschaert, c. 1620 · af Klint, 1907 · Hokusai, c. 1832 · Malevich, 1916

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Oakhouse handles the entire process.

We bring in the right specialists from the first search through ownership.

Finding the work

Identify works based on quality and provenance

Assess the price against comparable sales

Consider from the outset how it will be acquired and held

Galleries and Artists

Auction Houses

Appraisers

Making the purchase

Discuss the structure that will hold the work

Decide who buys it, how they pay, and where it will be kept

Coordinate with sellers, appraisers, insurers, and storage providers

Lawyers

Financial Advisors

Family Office

Owning the work

Live with it at home or lend it to an exhibition

Use it as collateral or sell it down the line

Pass it on to the next generation

Insurers

Specialist Art Storage

Financial Institutions

Art doesn’t
have to
be
complicated.

Let’s talk about how art could fit into your plans. The first conversation is complimentary. If it makes sense to go further, we’ll explain how we work before you decide.

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A place for art in your international portfolio.

A place for art in your international portfolio.

Start with what you already own.

Start with what you already own.

If you already hold assets abroad

If you already hold assets abroad

If most of what you own is in Brazil

If most of what you own is in Brazil

Yours, wherever you choose to keep it.

Yours, wherever you choose to keep it.

Oakhouse handles the entire process.

Oakhouse handles the entire process.

Finding the work

Making the purchase

Owning the work

Art doesn’t have to be complicated.

Art doesn’t
have to
be
complicated.