GIVOA ART CONSULTING BRASIL IS AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY SPECIALIZED IN ART APPRAISAL AND EXPERTISE SINCE 2012.

With more than 300 research projects carried out in different countries, Givoa has worked on artworks by artists such as Antonio Berni, Tomie Ohtake, Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, Sergio Camargo, Alfredo Volpi, Candido Portinari, Tarsila do Amaral, Toulouse-Lautrec, Salvador Dalí, Claude Monet, Modigliani, Renoir, Sisley, among many other key names in the history of Brazilian and international art.

global presence

Headquartered in São Paulo, we have direct operations in Argentina, in Brazil and in major international centers.

ARGENTINA

Buenos Aires, Córdoba
and Rosário.

BRAZIL

São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro
and Brasília.

WORLD

Londres, Nova York, Florença,
Lisboa and Bogotá.

our team

Our multidisciplinary team is made up of graduates and postgraduates in art expertise and appraisal, handwriting experts, museologists, conservator‑restorers, as well as specialists in numismatics, goldsmithing and gemology.

This structure makes Givoa the only fully specialized consulting firm in the region.

We maintain partnerships with laboratories, universities, museums and leading professionals in the United States and Europe, ensuring excellence and scientific rigor in all our services.

Gustavo Espinel - Certified appraiser in the Open Registry of Appraisers of Colombia. Expert in modern Colombian artists. Civil Engineer from the National University of Colombia, with a specialization in Urban Design.

Sara de Sousa e Andrade - Specialist in Art and Antiques Appraisal and Expert Reports, with international practice and over 25 years of experience. She served as director at Palácio do Correio Velho, where she appraised and catalogued diverse collections. She collaborates with museums, banks, and private collections. Member of the Society for the History of Collecting.

Raquel Villagrán - Art expert and appraiser, Santa Úrsula University. Museologist from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Court-appointed expert at TJRJ. PhD in Museology and Heritage – UNIRIO/MAST.

Mario Florán - Art expert and appraiser (UMSA). University professor of art expertise and appraisal at Universidad del Salvador and Universidad del Museo Social Argentino.

Azanate Rodrigues - Art expert and appraiser from Santa Úrsula University. Art conservator and restorer from Faculdade Euroamericana de Brasília. Civil Engineer from Universidade do Planalto and Visual Arts graduate from AEUDF.

Patricia Soto - Forensic handwriting expert (UBA). Member of SIPDO and AAPA.Jus (Asociación Argentina de Peritos Auxiliares de la Justicia), judicial and private criminal expert.

Jimena Aballay - Graduate in art expertise and appraisal from UMSA. Specialized in Italian Renaissance furniture and painting.

Marcela Mammana - Restoration and conservation of movable and immovable property. Court expert in art expertise (Eycic – Alicante) and European University Miguel de Cervantes (UEMC).

Vilma Pérez Casalet - Conservator-restorer of Cultural Heritage and Bibliographic Material at the Ministry of Culture of Argentina, professor at UMSA. Master’s degree in conservation and restoration from UNSAM. Postgraduate studies at ENCRyM (Mexico).

Omar Cáceres - Art expert. Court expert and a key reference in Argentine painting, specialist in Antonio Berni and his contemporaries. Visual artist. Appraiser at Banco Ciudad until 1987.

Karina González - Graduate in Criminalistics – Forensic Handwriting Expert – Documentology Expert (IUPFA), member of SIPDO. Federal and State Court Expert (Buenos Aires).

Luis Verpoest - Graduate in Art Expertise and Appraisal from Universidad del Museo Social Argentino. Specialist in Argentine painting.

Melanie Bairo - Art expert and appraiser from Universidad del Museo Social Argentino. Federal Court Expert.

Yanina Brosky - Art expert and appraiser (UMSA). Gemologist. Specialized in the appraisal of jewelry and precious stones. Trained at the Jewelry Educational Complex.

Candela Santillán - Art expert and appraiser from Universidad del Museo Social Argentino.

Rafael Felix - Art expert and appraiser (USU), museologist (UNIRIO), and specialist in Forensic Analysis (UniRedentor), serving as a court expert at TJ-RJ.

María Alejandra Leyba - Forensic handwriting expert (UBA), specialist in Documentoscopy (University of Salamanca). SIPDO member, court expert. Project coordinator at Givoa.

Gustavo Perino - Art expert and appraiser (UMSA). Postgraduate degree in Cultural Management and Communication (FLACSO). Professor at Santa Úrsula University (Brazil) and founder of Givoa. Expert on Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.

Jimena Lamela - Art expert and appraiser, professor, and furniture specialist (UMSA). Court Expert. Architecture student at UBA.

Susana Brandariz - Bachelor in Conservation and Restoration of works of art (IUNA). Specialist in paper conservation from Centro del Bel Libro in Ascona, Switzerland. Advanced training in Winterthur, University of Delaware (USA). Bachelor in Economics.

METHODOLOGIES

Our academic methodology is aligned with the Guidelines for Experts Authenticating Works of Fine Art, developed by The Responsible Art Market.

Due Dilligence

Responsible Art Market.

TECHNICAL STANDARDS

EGLE, EEEI, Art and Law Work Group.

references

Authentication in Art Foundation, International Conference Artwork Expertise, AAM, IFAR.

The company is registered with the Instituto de Avaliação e Autenticação de Obras de Arte do Brasil and follows international standards such as EGLE (European Guide for Legal Expertise), EEEI (European Expertise & Expert Institute, 2015) and the recommendations of the Art and Law Work Group for the authenticity of paintings. We also adopt as references the Authentication in Art Foundation, the International Conference Artwork Expertise (ICAE), the AAM Guide to Provenance Research (American Association of Museums) and the IFAR Journals (International Foundation for Art Research).