No. 01 — A Curated Invitation
Premium art galleries,
curated for collectors
who refuse the ordinary.
A vetted marketplace of contemporary works from 180+ studios across fourteen countries. Every piece provenance-verified, condition-audited, and accompanied by our thirty-day authenticity guarantee.
Now Showing
In the Rooms This Week
Three works our curators have just placed on view — selected not for volume, but for the conversations they begin. Prices are released on application, and every piece is held for forty-eight hours from the first enquiry.
On Provenance
What we mean when we say verified.
Every work that enters the catalogue passes through three desks before it is photographed. It is first traced to its studio and to the exhibitions and collections that have previously held it. It is then examined by one of our in-house conservators for condition, restoration history, and material consistency. Finally — and only after both steps clear — is the certificate of authenticity issued in the artist's or estate's name.
Since 2021 those certificates have been backed by a private blockchain ledger, giving every collector a permanent record of authorship, edition number, prior provenance, and the date the work entered our holding. It is a quiet practice, and we hope it stays so.
We do not list work we cannot trace. If a piece's earlier history is incomplete, it is held back from the catalogue rather than offered with a footnote. Of the works we are offered each year, roughly one in seven clears our provenance review and is published.
Every sale is covered by our thirty-day authenticity guarantee: should a recognised independent authority dispute the attribution of a work purchased through Tease Galleries within thirty days of delivery, we refund the purchase in full and absorb the cost of return. The guarantee has been invoked four times across our 6,800 transactions.
— The Curatorial Desk, Tease Galleries
- 100%
provenance-verified catalogue
- 9
in-house curators on staff
- 4
full-time conservators
- 30 days
authenticity guarantee on every sale
In the Press
“In a field crowded with marketplaces, Tease Galleries has built something closer to an editorial practice than an inventory — the difference, on the wall, is immediate.”
Concierge
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The catalogue begins in conversation.
Each enquiry is read by a person. Accounts above ten thousand dollars are paired with a dedicated art advisor — the average tenure of our advising team is seven years, and many came to us from auction houses and museum collections departments.
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