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ART AVENUE

ABOUT

INVENTORY

ARTISTS

LIVE AUCTIONS

APPRAISALS & ART RESTORATION

PRESS

NFTs

EVENTS

VIDEOS

CONTACT

LOCATIONS

ART-to-YOU

ART PAINTBAR

NEWSLETTER

Paul Sykes is a seasoned art dealer with over 30 years of experience in the industry. He specializes in 20th century masters such as Salvador Dali, Picasso, Miro, Matisse, Paul Klee, Edvard Munch, Peter Max, Leonor Fini, as well as emerging live artists including Natasha Turovsky, Yarek Godfrey, Vicki Chelf, and Tegi Barsegian. In addition, Paul supports local artists, nurturing their talents and showcasing their works.
Prior to his career in the art world, Paul was an accomplished professional classical violinist and served on the board of trustees for the Cleveland Institute of Music. He later opened ART AVENUE, a chain of franchised art stores in 20 cities across the United States, including Cleveland, Beverly Hills, Washington DC, and Sarasota, FL.
In 2015, Paul consolidated his private art collections to create the largest art gallery on the Florida Gulf Coast, featuring over 800 works, including investment art masterpieces and local artists’ works. The ART AVENUE gallery hosts numerous events, from fundraisers and banquets to artists’ opening receptions, ballroom dancing, meditations, poetry, and classical music concerts. Paul is also passionate about giving back to his community and recently raised $75,000 for the non-profit organization “Second Heart Homes,” which helps homeless people find housing while restoring their dignity through the arts.
With a love for his job, Paul’s approach to selling art is unique and personalized. Whether selling a Salvador Dali etching or hosting a major artist’s opening, he creates an environment that allows him to sell high-end art while also fostering a positive and enjoyable experience for his clients. In his free time, Paul enjoys swimming every morning at 5:00 AM and indulging his passion for classical music and fine art collecting.

  ART AVENUE    MEET THE FOUNDER

Paul Sykes is well known in the US as one of the top international art dealers, representing artists from Montreal, Paris, Germany, Poland, France, Romania, and Latvia. Paul is an accomplished violinist graduating from the Cleveland Institute of Music, (a Board Trustee member since 1997), and was owner of ART AVENUE having 12 art galleries throughout the midwest.
Paul has curated & hosted many celebrities like Peter Max, Itzchak Tarkay, Alexandra Nechita, John Entwhistle, and Yuroz along with high end collections of Dali from the Pierre Argillet collection from France, and the Giuseppe Albaretto collections from Torino, Italy.
In September 2015 Paul opened up ART AVENUE, Sarasota, bringing part of his personal and consignment art collections which created a retail Art Museum of fine art treasures at Southgate Mall. Paul goes back and forth from Cleveland to Sarasota, where he also maintains two high end restaurants.