Jonas is co-founder and CEO of Arte Collectum.

Prior to Arte Collectum, he founded the investment advisory firm Kapitalinvest. He has also worked at two investment firms in Sweden, with overall responsibility for providing and selling investment products to distributors, and as an agent at New York Life Insurance Company in the U.S.

Before his career in finance, Jonas was an NCAA Division 1 tennis scholarship athlete at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he graduated with a BBA in Management with an International Business concentration. In 1998, he was fortunate to win the European Team Championships for Boys 16 and Under.

Lars Nittve is an art historian, curator and author. For almost thirty years he has been Director of some of the world’s leading museums of modern and contemporary art, including the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, and Founding Director of Tate Modern, London and M+, Hong Kong. Lars has been a partner and Chair of Arte Collectum’s Investment Committee since 2021.

Deborah Gunn lives in Seattle and has over fifteen years of experience building and managing art collections in various genres. She was previously Associate Director of Art Finance for the Paul G. Allen Family Collection, where she was responsible for all transactions and oversight of day-to-day collection management. She has made thousands of acquisitions with impressive returns over the years. Deborah has exceptional access to galleries and dealers around the world and is very familiar with all aspects of due diligence for the purchase, sale and appreciation of art. Deborah has been a partner and member of Arte Collectum’s Investment Committee since 2021.

Niklas Belenius is a third-generation art dealer and collector based in Stockholm. He has over twenty years of experience in the gallery business. He has a wide international network and specializes in emerging contemporary art, mainly from the Nordic countries, Europe, and the United States, with a focus on painting. Niklas has been a partner and member of Arte Collectum’s Investment Committee since 2021.

the investment
committee

The Investment Committee is a body set up within Arte Collectum AB, and its main task is to create the greatest possible increase in the value of the underlying art collection during the duration of the investment. The Investment Committee has extensive and broad experience in the global art market and has collectively purchased over 2 billion euro worth of art and has been successful in trading art from a value enhancement perspective.

Lars Nittve ⎸ Chair

Lars Nittve is an art historian, curator and author. For almost thirty years he has been Director of some of the world’s leading museums of modern and contemporary art, including the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, and Founding Director of Tate Modern, London and M+, Hong Kong. Lars has been a partner and Chair of Arte Collectum’s Investment Committee since 2021.

Deborah Gunn ⎸ Member

Deborah Gunn lives in Seattle and has over fifteen years of experience building and managing art collections in various genres. She was previously Associate Director of Art Finance for the Paul G. Allen Family Collection, where she was responsible for all transactions and oversight of day-to-day collection management. She has made thousands of acquisitions with impressive returns over the years. Deborah has exceptional access to galleries and dealers around the world and is very familiar with all aspects of due diligence for the purchase, sale and appreciation of art. Deborah has been a partner and member of Arte Collectum’s Investment Committee since 2021.

Niklas Belenius ⎸ Member

Niklas Belenius is a third-generation art dealer and collector based in Stockholm. He has over twenty years of experience in the gallery business. He has a wide international network and specializes in emerging contemporary art, mainly from the Nordic countries, Europe, and the United States, with a focus on painting. Niklas has been a partner and member of Arte Collectum’s Investment Committee since 2021.

The Compliance
Committee

The Compliance Committee is a body established within Arte Collectum AB, and its main task is to ensure that all investments are supported by certain underlying documentation (such as certificates or authenticity), that investments are made in accordance with the funds’ investment strategy, and that investment decisions are not subject to conflicts of interest. This includes ensuring that works of art are purchased from established galleries, art dealers, art advisors, auction houses and private collectors. The works must be properly signed or accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, catalogue raisonné or the equivalent. All works traded on the secondary market must have a valid provenance. Furthermore, the Compliance Committee must ensure, among other things, that the Investment Committee invests a maximum of 20 percent in a single artist and a maximum of 15 percent in a single work.

The Compliance Committee is represented by leading audit, legal and corporate finance professionals Bo Ahlstrand, Jens Tillqvist, and Richard Goldman.