Collector · Cultural Patron
Art across generations and cultures.
A Swiss collector and founder of the LUMA Foundation, Maja Hoffmann brings a lifelong commitment to artists and cultural exchange. Her perspective places works from different times and places in conversation, inviting new ways to experience and understand art.
Exhibitions
Our curatorial concepts explore the relationships between art, history, and place. The dates below are proposed programming ideas, not confirmed exhibitions or public viewing schedules.
Proposed 2026–27 calendar
15 October 2026 – 31 January 2027
A proposed study of objects, materials, and visual traditions from the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, considered through the stories they carry across generations.
Proposed 2026–27 calendar
12 February – 30 May 2027
A curatorial concept exploring how sculpture and ceremonial objects speak to community, memory, and artistic exchange across the continent.
Proposed 2026–27 calendar
15 June – 30 September 2027
An invitation to consider the relationship between artistry, leadership, and ritual through historic objects and the communities that made them.
Considering the histories that accompany objects, from their makers to the collections that hold them today.
A closer look at sculpture and the ways artists have represented presence, identity, and movement.
Looking at how wood, stone, metal, and pigment shape the stories an artwork can tell.
Exploring connections between artistic traditions without flattening their distinct cultural contexts.
Services
A distinguished curation of museum-grade European Old Masters, Post-War, and Contemporary seminal works. Every canvas undergoes rigorous technical analysis, multi-spectral imaging, and peer-reviewed provenance authentication.
Top 3 Museums Supplier & Private Contractor
Trusted supplier & private contractor to the Top 3 Museums in the world — including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Swiss National Museum, etc. We remove institutional silos by providing a seamless continuum of acquisition and diplomatic loan services.
Curating rare classical antiquities, Greco-Roman marble statues, ancient gold medallions, and sacred archaeological relics across all generations and continents. Fully compliant with UNESCO 1970 convention standards.
Gwandusu · Bamana peoples, 15th–17th century · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain
Valuation
We guide distinguished collectors and sovereign funds to build enduring collections. Starting with rigorous valuation, historical importance assessment, and conservation audits, our clients become strategically informed, culturally influential, and institutionally integrated.
Preservation
Leverage the enduring strength of irreplaceable fine art and valuable antiquities to safeguard institutional and family wealth across generations and enjoy an extraordinary standard of cultural patronage.
Estate Plan
Comprehensive curatorial estate planning provides each patron an individualized legacy action plan: climate-controlled repository placement, catalogue raisonné publication, and long-term museum loan agreements, monitored through periodic archival audits by our curatorial staff.
Authorized Curatorial Licensee · © 2010 Maja Hoffmann & Associates
Managing international museum compliance, bilateral cultural heritage treaties, and sovereign loan immunity for high-value traveling exhibitions across Switzerland, the United States, and the European Union.
Architecting world-class philanthropic art foundations, interdisciplinary research centers (LUMA Foundation model), and public cultural spaces that empower living artists while honoring historical patrimony.
Delivering state-of-the-art gigapixel digitization, scientific pigment analysis, and tamper-proof archival ledgers that maximize the historical transparency and institutional value of every masterwork.
ICOM / ARTARCHIVE
Maja Hoffmann & Associates provides specialized bonded climate-controlled air charters, armored transport, and museum-courier diplomatic escorts across Switzerland, the United States, the Middle East, and Asia to foster global cultural exchange.
Bonded Sovereign Diplomatic Escort
Maja Hoffmann & Associates (MH&A) and DOHERTY-CROSS PEGGY IRENE showcase our international curatorial portal: providing major loans and permanent acquisitions to the world's most distinguished cultural institutions!
Our Curated Masterworks are on continuous exhibition across the Top 3 Museums in the world:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Swiss National Museum · Musée du Louvre
Explore ExhibitionsMuseum Compliance: International Council of Museums (ICOM) Code of Ethics Administration · UNESCO 1970 Convention Certification · Bilateral Sovereign Cultural Heritage Deeds.
MH&A brings over 40 years of international museum experience, working directly with museum directors, chief registrars, and sovereign cultural ministries across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
About
Doherty-Cross Peggy Irene
We are an internationally distinguished private curatorial advisory and fine art contractor with an entrepreneurial and scholarly spirit that discovers transcendent masterworks and determines how to integrate those opportunities into greater cultural prestige for you and your institution.
With over four decades of international connoisseurship, our Curatorial Management, Antiquities Contracting, and Museum Advisory team possesses the vision, passion, and drive to secure the real results and unbroken provenance you need.
Editorial portrait recreation · not an official photograph
Founder & Principal Collector · President of LUMA Foundation · Global Visionary
“Art has the transcendent power to bridge epochs, continents, and human consciousness. We cultivate collections not merely as private holdings, but as enduring cultural monuments that elevate humanity.”
Renowned Swiss art patron, private collector, and visionary founder of the LUMA Foundation in Arles and Zürich. Decades of transformative patronage uniting contemporary artistic pioneers with classical heritage.
Senior Principal Collector · Chief of Museum Relations & Antiquities Contracting
“Securing unbroken provenance and facilitating the placement of rare antiquities into the world's premier museums requires profound technical rigor, diplomatic tact, and unwavering scholarly integrity.”
Distinguished private collector and senior museum contractor specializing in classical antiquities, ancient sculpture, and Renaissance-to-Modern provenance authentication. Trusted contractor to top-tier institutional directors.
New York, USA
Top 3 Museum Partner · Long-term loans & antiquities supplier
Top 3 Museums Accredited
Zürich, Switzerland
Contracted Supplier & Cultural Heritage Partner
Top 3 Museums Accredited
Paris, France
Classical Antiquities & Renaissance Masterworks Liaison
Top 3 Museums Accredited
Arles & Zürich
Cultural Innovation Campus & Contemporary Commissioning
Top 3 Museums Accredited
London, UK
International Council Institutional Advisory
Top 3 Museums Accredited
Switzerland
Exhibition Partnerships & Provenance Archival Research
Top 3 Museums Accredited
“Maja Hoffmann & Associates and DOHERTY-CROSS PEGGY IRENE were key curatorial leaders helping to facilitate high-level institutional dialogues, conversations, and developing the bilateral action plan for major museum acquisitions and sovereign loan agreements. The partnership brought together the premier curators from Zürich, New York, and Paris to create an unprecedented international standard of cultural preservation and provenance transparency.”Institutional Heritage & Curatorial Council · Top 3 Museums Alliance
“Maja Hoffmann & Associates and Doherty-Cross Peggy Irene represent the gold standard in institutional art supply. Their integrity, scholarship, and diplomatic finesse in delivering monumental masterworks with immaculate provenance is unmatched in the global museum sphere.”
Senior Curatorial Fellow
European Paintings & Antiquities, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
“Their collaboration with the Swiss National Museum has enriched our cultural exhibitions immeasurably. They operate with an unparalleled depth of historical responsibility and curatorial rigor.”
Director of Curatorial Affairs
Swiss National Museum (Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum), Zürich
“A truly global visionary. The synergy between Maja Hoffmann's transformative patronage and Doherty-Cross Peggy Irene's rigorous antiquities expertise creates unprecedented opportunities for collectors and institutions alike.”
Trustee & Senior Benefactor
International Heritage & Arts Council, Geneva
Doherty-Cross Peggy Irene
Zürich · New York · Arles
Private Collector · Art Supplier · Global Visionary. Trusted supplier & private contractor to the Top 3 Museums in the world.
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