Ruth | Catone | Goulding partners with collectors in meaningful, lasting dialogue and provides the essential access, research, and expertise to build collections of enduring value.
We foreground our collectors’ passions, interests, objectives, and ambitions to frame their purposeful engagement with the art world. We are unencumbered by any other agenda or financial interest.
Our collector relationships last decades. We’ve built a similarly deep and enduring network of colleagues and offering agents, including large multinational galleries, seasoned auction professionals, emerging gallerists, and discreet private dealers.
These decades-long collaborations—strengthened by our reputation as honest, thoughtful, and diligent colleagues—as well as our meticulous coverage of the global market, provide our collectors expansive, leveraged access in a competitive environment.
Our unrivaled database of 90,000 privately offered artworks forms an exclusive proprietary dataset to contextualize the market beyond publicly accessible auction records. This market data, coupled with our in-house library, uniquely positions us to build the matrix of art historical and financial analysis essential for well-informed decisions on both the secondary and primary markets.
Information lacks value unless coupled with the discernment to distinguish lasting importance from fleeting trends. Our expertise, sustained research, and trusted relationships cut through noise, hype, and distractions, enabling our collectors to make grounded decisions and significant acquisitions. We offer nuanced interpretation tailored to the interests and needs of our clients, as well as candid insights on the subjective, shifting, often opaque indicators of value in a volatile arena.
We work with clients to seamlessly embed the practice of collecting within their existing professional endeavors, personal relationships, and broader assets. Our strategic counsel bridges the gap between cultural engagement and other key activities in our clients’ lives to ensure their collections represent more than a series of transactions. Judgments about enduring value extend beyond considerations of financial worth to include philanthropic goals, trust and estate planning, private business ambitions, and existing commitments.
Collections of enduring value require rigorous stewardship. We are a full-service advisory specializing in both the conceptual and technical aspects of collection building and management. Our team assists clients and their offices with the full complement of third-party resources necessary to protect, present, and maintain a collection’s value in perpetuity. These services include databasing, shipping, insurance, installation, storage, conservation and materials analysis, museum loans, disaster preparedness, legal affairs, and public relations.
Andrew Ruth founded Ruth | Catone in 2004. He graduated from Tulane University with degrees in History and the History of Art, and received the Louisiana Legislative Scholarship. He holds a master’s degree in Arts Administration from New York University. He held the positions of Assistant to the Director at Midtown Galleries, Assistant Director at Barbara Mathes Gallery, and Director of Marisa del Re Gallery, where he curated the Biennale de Sculpture in Monaco. In 1996, he joined Art Advisory Services and was named partner in 1999. He serves on the Council for Storm King Art Center in the Hudson Valley.
Gabriel Catone founded Ruth | Catone in 2004. He graduated from Yale University with a degree in the History of Art. He was Assistant to the Director at the Yale Center for British Art before joining Art Advisory Services in 1996, where he was named partner in 2003. He serves on the board of trustees of the Chinati Foundation/La Fondación Chinati in Marfa, Texas, and on the board of the Association of Professional Art Advisors.
Rachel Carr Goulding joined Ruth | Catone in 2011, becoming a partner in 2015. In 2022, the firm changed its name to Ruth | Catone | Goulding. She graduated cum laude from Yale University with a degree in the History of Art, earning the A. Conger Goodyear Fine Arts Award for outstanding work in her major, received a master’s degree with distinction in Modern Art from the Courtauld Institute in London, and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School. She began her career in the Photographs Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, later worked at Sotheby’s, and in 2003 joined Art Advisory Services. She serves on the Board of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, and is a member of the Tate North American Acquisitions Committee, the Dean’s Task Force at the Yale School of Art, as well as Dia Women, a group that supports Dia’s efforts to collect and present the work of artists who identify as women. In addition, she regularly leads seminars on the art market at NXTHVN. She lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, with her husband, Peter, and their two sons, both of whom are avid squash players.
Ranya Husami Ghandour joined Ruth | Catone in 2008 while completing her master’s degree in Modern Art and Curatorial Studies at Columbia University. She graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College with a degree in the History of Art and worked at Christie’s New York in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department. In 2010, she curated the U.S. representation at the 12th International Cairo Biennale. She serves on the board of directors of Bidoun and is a member of the Tate Middle East North Africa Acquisitions Committee. She is based in Dubai.
Becca Sobel joined in 2023. She graduated cum laude from Middlebury College with a degree in the History of Art and Architecture and earned a master’s degree with merit in Contemporary Art from Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London. She was previously an Online Sales Associate at David Zwirner and an Assistant Editor for Vanity Fair’s Writers on Writers. She is a member of the Artemis Council at the New Museum.
Lauren Allday joined in 2025. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Art History and Arts Management from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Most recently, she worked for seven years at David Zwirner Gallery in primary and secondary market sales and where she co-curated numerous exhibitions with the Dan Flavin Estate, notably Dan Flavin: Kornblee Gallery 1967, several Doug Wheeler exhibitions, and the private viewing room presentations at the gallery’s flagship location. Previously, she held positions at Christie’s New York and Maccarone Gallery.
Anna Sido joined in 2022 after five years as Registrar for Exhibitions and Collections Care at the Guggenheim Museum, New York. She graduated with honors from Scripps College in Claremont, California, with degrees in Art Conservation and French Studies and, as a recipient of the Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Foundation Scholarship, completed her master’s degree in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute in London. She interned in the Development Department at the Museum of Modern Art, and in the insurance and collections management divisions at the Haven Art Group in Chicago before returning to the Museum of Modern Art in the Capital Campaign’s Research Department.
Michele Amicucci joined in 2023. She graduated summa cum laude from Temple University with a degree in the History of Art. She also holds a master’s degree in Museum Studies from the University of the Arts. Originally from the Philadelphia area, she worked as Collections Manager for a private collection and then as Registrar at Wexler Gallery. After moving to New York, she held registrar roles at Jack Shainman Gallery, Gagosian Gallery, the KAWS studio, and Di Donna Galleries.
Grace Edson joined in 2024. She graduated from the College of Charleston with a bachelor’s degree in Art History and earned a master’s degree in Art History specializing in modern European art at American University in Washington, D.C. She was previously a curatorial assistant at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, where she co-curated an exhibition of works from the Corcoran Legacy Collection.
Linda Bernal joined in 2022. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture with a minor in Gender Studies from the University of North Texas and a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Brooklyn College. She also holds a Master of Science in Accounting from SUNY Polytechnic Institute. She has previously held financial operations roles at 303 Gallery and Art Crating.