What We Do
We provide a range of traditional and non-traditional art advisory services, personalized to each client’s interests and life experiences
Charting Transcendence, founded by career diplomat, photographer, and businessman Matthew Blong, is a new kind of art advisory firm that helps its clients — collectors of all levels and those who are passionate about art — trace a path through themes, images, and life experiences towards a transcendent outcome.
We offer a wide range of services, from traditional art advisory to bespoke guided art tours, so you can find incredible artworks that move you deeply.
We will work with you to understand what kind of formal, theoretical, regional and art-historical elements speak most deeply to you and develop a personalized art acquisition strategy that meets your budget, taste, and investment goals.
We will help you source and acquire artworks from leading galleries and auction houses around the world while drawing your attention to important art and artists that you may not have known about previously.
In addition to our traditional art advisory services, we also offer bespoke guided art tours. These tours are perfect for art lovers who want to learn more about the art world and see some of the world's most famous artworks up close.
Whether you're a seasoned art collector or just starting out, Charting Transcendence can help you build a world-class art collection that you'll cherish for years to come.
Our Propostion
With Charting Transcendence as your art advisor and guide, we will help you to:
Define images, influences, and stories in art that speak to you and those you love most.
Trace a map of art you love and navigate the wider “art world” from the outside-in.
Experience art in such a way that you create new meaning out of times, themes and places that resonate with you.
Acquire art that conveys and creates value beyond its mere purchase price for years to come.
Charting Transcendence Together
Charting Transcendence™ is a unique exploratory journey that starts with the co-creation of a language of artistic meaning between advisor and client.
When we look for art together, information, affect, and feeling – all of which share both concrete and abstract qualities – will combine to guide us through possibilities that provide rich opportunity for learning and connection with outstanding art. This will produce an unforgettable experience to expand upon as our relationship grows.
Our goal is for collectors to be able to express their own identity through the art advisory and acquisition process, sharing their passions through the art they choose to learn about and collect.
As a point of departure Charting Transcendence, Inc. has developed a short questionnaire, which should take clients no more than 15 minutes to complete.