Richard Bagnall-Smith

Founding Partner at Cadell

Speaker

Richard and his co-Founder Willen de Gier had a simple objective when they launched Cadell, which was to help Private Client professionals and their clients, navigate the art market when they sell art in a way that always maximises the outcome.

Today, Cadell is the leading art advisor in Europe

Whilst conflicts of interest are endemic in the art market, Cadell does not deal, broker or accept Introductory Commissions. The focus is to provide Private Client Professionals and their clients with truly independent advice on their art collections and manage any subsequent transactions via a formal competitive sale process.

Cadell has 37 senior experts across 34 sectors, almost all of whom are former Dept Heads at Sotheby’s or Christie’s. No other art advisor comes close to this level of expertise.

In 2020 Cadell won the STEP Boutique of the Year Award and was a Finalist again in 2023.

In 2022 Cadell opened in New York and was chosen to manage the $100m Sir Jeffrey Hotung Collection.

Richard is recommended by Private Client Global Elite and Spears.