Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world.Two London-based gallerists are on a mission to inject more purpose, perspective, and patronage into collecting, which they say has become “too transactional.” Alice Black, the founder of her eponymous gallery, and Tatiana Cheneviere, the founder of Pipeline gallery, recently launched Black + Cheneviere (B+C), a new art advisory that they say “offers a bold alternative to conventional art consulting.” The duo wants to encourage collectors to align their buying with personal values by promoting a slower, more measured approach to building collections. The dealers said that for some buyers, this could mean developing a patronage mindset, “one that is rooted in sustained, reciprocal relationships rather than fleeting, arm’s length purchases.” B+C’s launch comes as the art market is still wrestling itself out of a two-year correction period, with many dealers telling ARTnews that collectors are becoming increasingly choosier in what’s being described as a “buyer’s market.” In short, there appears to be a lack of urgency as collectors take their time to make more measured decisions while negotiating harder on prices that have inflated wildly and remained high over the last ten or so years. B+C’s ethos dovetails with this approach, as the dealers jointly wrote by email.ARTnews: B+C is introducing “a fresh, values-led approach to collecting, one that prioritizes artist engagement, curatorial depth, and long-term cultural impact.” Do you think art collecting has lost its values, artist engagement, curatorial depth, and long-term cultural impact? Is B+C an antidote?B+C: The art world is undergoing a quiet transformation. The old boundary lines are being redrawn—between artist and collector, institution and audience. In this shifting landscape, B+C represents part of a new generational movement towards a more active, values-led form of engagement. It emerges from a period where art collecting became increasingly transactional and conversations have focused on the art market rather than the art world in its fuller, more holistic sense. While collectors play a central role in sustaining and shaping culture, in recent years they have often been positioned at a sanitized distance—often removed from the creative act itself. Like any ecosystem, the health of the art world depends on active, interconnected participants at every level—who feel purpose and agency in their role. With the departure of short-term speculators, we’re witnessing a pendulum swing—a market correction that opens space for a new kind of art participant. B+C seeks to restore the direct connection between artist, artwork, and collector—to bring them closer to the creative process and help foster a deeper form of engagement that is slower, more thoughtful, and human centered and looks to art as a lived experience rather than just a leveraged asset.The announcement for B+C notes that your backgrounds in the gallery business enable you to “invite collectors to align their acquisitions with personal values” and encourage “a slower, more intentional approach to building collections.” How so?As gallerists and mediators, we are especially attuned to the conversation that happens between artists and collectors. We are used to engaging with the art world at its source—the artists—and we feel passionately that collecting finds its way back to the heart of things. Collectors today have been distanced from the artists and the source of their collecting and as advisers who are also gallerists, we feel uniquely positioned to correct this. Our respective galleries opened at a time which, compared with historical periods of art market boom, has been about foregrounding cultural capital over commercial capital, one that requires a long-term view. This journey through art feels very much a reflection of our time and one we intend to share with like-minded art collectors.Do you think too many art advisories encourage transactional collection?The nature of contemporary art saw art become a commodity and this paved the way for box-ticking collecting that at times was very speculative. People were not necessarily encouraged to buy what moved them and spoke to them on an individual level. Many advisers just offer collection building. We are offering that and more by considering how else collectors can support artists, galleries, and institutions. B+C encourages independent thinking, individualism, and curiosity. It seeks to move away from homogenized collecting and instead focuses on an intentional, values-driven approaches that reflects personal convictions and interests. This is about more than acquiring work—it’s about collecting with purpose.Does the timing of the launch of your advisory reflect the current health of the art market? People keep telling me that collectors are becoming more thoughtful and choosy, and are taking more time to buy.People are slowing down and becoming more conscious, looking for ways to participate in a slower market. There has been a sense of people taking stock and reflecting on their intentions behind collecting—asking important questions as to what drives it. As with any market correction, we are required to go to ground and listen. People are fed up of the incessant streams of PDFs and art fairs, and need to find meaning within it. B+C offers a strong footing in the ecosystem for the collector and a more intentional role that goes beyond just buying and selling.How will you new project, Art+Aperitivo, reflect B+C’s slower philosophy?Art+Aperitivo is an opportunity for us to understand the values of the community we are engaged with through meaningful conversation and accessibility. Each gathering will pair a curated gallery tour or studio visit with a salon-style aperitivo, offering a relaxed yet insightful way to experience art whilst building a dynamic, engaged community with like-minded people. The art world became something of a closed circuit. Many would-be participants finding it difficult to access. We intend to crack open these hidden corners and closed doors.What are the challenges you face in setting up an art advisory in today’s sluggish art market?Our model relies on collectors who are not solely chasing the market. We invite collectors to consider not just what they want to gain from their engagement with art, but also what they’re willing to contribute.How do you plan to encourage patronage among your collectors?Black + Cheneviere invites collectors to consider what they care about—their values, the issues that move them, and how art can be a lens through which to explore them. For some, this will be an opportunity to engage with artists in ways that support their practice, whether that means contributing to production or studio costs, sponsoring new projects, or offering direct support outside traditional gallery systems. It may include developing a patronage mindset—one that is rooted in sustained, reciprocal relationships rather than fleeting, arm’s length purchases. We want to foster a culture that encourages a more patronage mind-set and sometimes those doors have to be open for you to even see what is possible. This is our opportunity, collectively, to define our 21st century artistic époque. We believe that is a compelling proposition.