New York-based Artvest Partners has launched a web site with content including a series of art market sector indices. www.artvest.com was developed in partnership with Art Market Research and is designed to assist wealth managers, collectors, dealers, institutions, art professionals and financial services providers.

The website focuses on art finance, art as an investment and the state of the art market, as well as highlighting the specialized advice and art finance the firm offers.

The site introduces four AMR/Artvest Auction Indices, based on worldwide auction sales, focusing on Old Master and19th Century Painting, Impressionist and Modern Art, Post-War and Contemporary Art and American Art Pre-1950. They are intended to help potential and active buyers and sellers track and understand trends in these sectors.

Artvest Partners advises on art-related liquidity and business matters. In addition to offering multiple lending sources, the firm offers advice on special-purpose investment partnerships, purchase and sale transactions, wealth transfer and preservation planning and restructuring art businesses and collections.