SailingOceanMuse
€189M
Obsidian Pearl
2019Oceanco
Three DynaRig masts, no winches, no lines on deck.
104 m 12 guests 12 kn
Auckland, New ZealandRequest details
By invitation · Nine placements a yearOceanMuse.
OceanMuse.
The vessel and the work,
commissioned as one.
Our smallest imprint and our most involved. OceanMuse takes on nine owners a year who are commissioning artwork and a vessel at the same time — where the hull can still be changed to suit the art, not the other way round.
9Placements per year
18–30Months per commission
4Studios on retainer
2022Imprint founded
Why it is capped
You cannot industrialise this. Nine is the number of commissions four studios and one naval architect can hold in a year without lying to somebody.
An OceanMuse commission runs eighteen to thirty months and involves the owner, a shipyard, an interior designer, a naval architect and at least one living artist, all working from the same drawing set. Our Director of Collections is in the yard meetings and in the studio. There is no version of that which scales.
Referral or existing clientCommission from €4MWaiting list: Q3 2027
Commission 07 · 2025
A hull drawn around a single work
The owner had already bought the painting — a 3.1-metre canvas that no existing vessel in her budget could hang. So the naval architect started from the frame: main-deck beam widened by 400 millimetres, one bulkhead moved aft, and the whole superstructure re-balanced around a wall.
Commission 09 · 2026
Painted at sea, for the sea
Halina Rey spent nineteen days aboard during the delivery passage from Livorno to Palma, working on deck. Aurora is the third of four canvases from that voyage; the salt in the ground layer is from the passage itself.
Commission 04 · 2024
The gallery that floods with daylight
A 41-square-metre atrium wall with a retractable UV-filtered skylight above it. Light levels are held under 150 lux by an automated louvre system that reads the sun's position and the vessel's heading.
OceanMuse vessels
Hulls built around a collection
Each of these was drawn, refitted or specified with a named body of work already agreed. They come to market rarely.
All vesselsSailingOceanMuse
€74.5M
Solaris Nova
2023Royal Huisman
A three-masted schooner built around a single, uninterrupted horizon.
68 m 12 guests 12 kn
Palma de Mallorca, SpainRequest details
SailingOceanMuse
€112M
Pelagic Muse
2020Royal Huisman
The most powerful sloop we have ever represented.
81 m 12 guests 13 kn
Antigua, CaribbeanRequest details
Commissioned works
From the OceanMuse studios
Works produced under the imprint, several painted aboard during delivery passages.
All works
Museum grade
Cobalt Hymn
€94KAleksander Vogt · 2022 · 160 × 120 cm
Oil on canvas
Museum grade
Aurora
€67KHalina Rey · 2022 · 140 × 95 cm
Oil on canvas
Gilded Shore
€63KHalina Rey · 2021 · 120 × 100 cm
Mixed media
Monolith Noir
€57KKenji Aramaki · 2022 · 100 × 100 cm
Acrylic on canvas
Ocean's Embrace
€40KMarta Ceder · 2023 · 120 × 120 cm
Mixed media
Membership
Three ways to hold the relationship
Membership is annual and covers the advisory relationship only — vessels, artworks and commissions are invoiced at their own prices.
Muse
€60,000 / year
For owners with a vessel and a growing collection.
- Two curator days a year, wherever she lies
- First refusal on studio releases
- Annual condition inspection and report
- Private viewing room in Monaco or Fort Lauderdale
Atelier
Most taken€145,000 / year
For owners commissioning artwork and vessel together.
- Dedicated Director of Collections on retainer
- One commissioned work brokered per year
- Naval architect liaison for hanging engineering
- Studio visits arranged with represented artists
- Transit, storage and insurance managed in house
Legacy
By arrangement
For collections crossing generations and jurisdictions.
- Provenance and estate structuring desk
- Museum loan and exhibition placement
- Multi-vessel collection registry
- Succession and export licensing counsel
Not currently a client?
Write to us anyway. Two of this year's nine placements came from cold enquiries — what matters is whether the commission is right, not who introduced you.
“We moved a bulkhead for a painting. Every naval architect I spoke to said it was madness until Elite ArtVoyage put the drawing in front of them, and then it was simply an engineering job.”
Andrés VillalobosOceanMuse commission 07
OceanMuse
How the imprint operates
Still unresolved? Our specialists answer directly — usually within a working day.
Either a referral from an existing client or artist, or a direct enquiry describing the commission. We take a call with everyone who writes; we can only take on nine.
Around €4M of combined artwork and commissioning spend, excluding the vessel. Below that, Yacht & Canvas achieves substantially the same outcome for far less overhead.
Four of our represented studios have done it. It requires the owner's consent, a working space that can take solvents, and an insurance endorsement — all of which we arrange.
New commissions are currently opening for the third quarter of 2027. Occasionally a placement is released earlier when a build slot moves; membership holders are told first.
Nine a year
If the hull can still change, we should be talking now.
The earlier in a build we are involved, the more the vessel can do for the collection. After the joinery is ordered, most of the interesting options are gone.
The Voyage Letter
New vessels and new works, before they reach the market.
One letter a month: fresh central listings, artist releases, and the private viewings we do not advertise. No forwarding, no third parties.