Art collecting is our passion.

We are here to partner with you on this fascinating life-long journey of art appreciation and true connoisseurship.

We provide an exceptional bespoke service and build long-terms relationships with our clients.

About Our Practice:

Yelena Harbick Art Advisory is a New York based service, founded by Yelena Harbick, to provide bespoke services to private clients and institutions in the fields of Russian, European, Modern paintings and decorative arts.

With a decade-long academic career followed by seventeen years in the commercial art world, Yelena Harbick offers a broad range of services addressing the needs of private collectors and art institutions. Whether you are looking to add long-desired masterpiece to your expansive collection, planning to collect across various collecting categories and looking for detail-oriented services and in-depth advice; or as a novice collector you are just learning to navigate the challenging map of the art world - we are here to support you

We maintain well-established relationships with museums and corporate institutions. We offer broad range of collection management services and advise and assist with acquisitions and deaccessions.

We are headquartered in the center of Manhattan and serve clients worldwide.

About Our Founder:

Yelena Harbick is an accomplished art specialist with more than twenty years of experience working as an educator, museum curator, auction specialist and private art adviser.

Her academic training began at the Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens in Washington, DC, which houses the largest collection of Russian art in America. She was responsible for research and educational projects, assisting with curatorial studies and exhibitions. Yelena excelled as an academic professional and became a well-regarded expert in the Russian art.

As the Director of Russian art at Christie’s, she oversaw the company’s Russian sales in New York during the years that coincided with unprecedented growth of this category of art sales. Later, as the International Director of Russian art at Bonhams, Yelena was responsible for sourcing and selling top lots of the Russian sales, making significant contributions to auction house’s success with the Russian art sales in London.

Educated at the State Moscow University and University of Maryland, she acquired comprehensive knowledge of history of art, with specialty in the Russian fine and decorative art, European art and Design. She speaks Russian and English.

Her academic background and experience with best museum practices continue

to serve her well in her current role as an art adviser to private clients and

institutions. She offers a wealth of professional experience, dedication, discretion, and attentive and personalized service.

Our Expertise

Fine Art Sales

Any dynamic, growing art collection needs periodic reassessment based on your changing priorities and current art market developments. Our clients come to rely on our expert market analysis to establish present market value of artworks and recommendation for the most appropriate venue to sell in order to maximize the profit.

We offer discreet brokerage services with selling your artworks and will serve as a single point of contact for all your needs in the sale process.

Should you prefer to sell through an auction house, we offer assistance with negotiating the preferential terms of consignment, reviewing the contract, overseeing the shipping arrangements, supervising authentication process and monitoring the post-sale activities.

Advice on Collecting

We believe that art is powerful and has an enormous ability to enhance our experience of life, communicate ideas, and values, and has an enduring and positive influence on our lives and society at large.

Have you always dreamt about starting an art collection, but are not sure where to start?

Are you intimidated by the auction process? Unsure how to approach art galleries or locate art work of your dreams in private collections?

Or, are you an experienced art collector who is looking for that elusive masterpiece your collection is lacking?

We are here to serve as your art advisor to thoughtfully build art collections over time for both aesthetic and investment purposes.

Assistance with Acquisitions

Finding the right work for the collection is a complex journey. We are here to assist you to invest in key pieces that will continue to excite you as a collector and will be valuable addition to your existing collection.

Tell us what you are looking for to enhance your collection, and we will do our best to locate the desirable work of art. Our services guarantee discretion and timely updates at all stages of the process. We devote our expertise to best serve your goals.

Our long-term relationships with collectors make it possible to locate rare and beautiful works of art, negotiate their terms of the sale and oversee the entire process of acquisition.

We advise you on acquisitions at auctions, art galleries and from private collections.

Upon request we conduct comprehensive art market research, provide written valuations and research on provenance and authenticity of art work under consideration.

Appraisals and Valuation

We provide valuations for variety of purposes, including insurance, charitable donations and fair market valuations for your financial planning.

For private collectors, art institutions, executors of estates and wealth managers, we provide impartial advice, prepare balanced and comprehensive appraisal reports and offer the option of discreet de-accession process.