Claudine Colin Communication, France’s main arts and tradition communications company, has been acquired by the US-based advertising agency Finn Companions in a transfer its founder hopes will increase its worldwide attain.
Primarily based Les Halles, within the coronary heart of Paris, Claudine Colin Communication has lengthy been on the forefront of the event of France’s cultural provide. Since being established in 1990, it has supported the creation of recent establishments, each private and non-private, that are actually key gamers each regionally and internationally.
At this time it employs 25 folks and gives a variety of providers from press relations to media shopping for and disaster communication. Its purchasers embrace the Artwork Basel festivals, in addition to Rencontres d’Arles, Luma Arles, the Cartier Basis, the Centre Pompidou-Metz and the Picasso-Paris Nationwide Museum. It was additionally engaged on the Paris 2024 Cultural Olympiad and the Lyon Up to date Artwork Biennial, which opens its seventeenth version in September.
For greater than two years, its founder Claudine Colin has been interested by writing a brand new chapter within the firm’s historical past, each to make sure its continuity and to make it extra worldwide in scope. After a number of months of negotiations and transition work, an 100% sale to Finn Companions was agreed. The value of the acquisition has not been disclosed.
Finn Companions, based in 2011, is likely one of the quickest rising impartial companies on the earth, bringing in practically $200 million yearly from charges. The corporate employs greater than 1,400 folks in 34 places of work throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Its base within the French capital is at 9 rue du Quatre Septembre, within the second arrondissement. The corporate operates within the arts sector by way of Polskin Arts, a number one cultural communications agency.
Claude Colin stated in a press release: “My group and I are becoming a member of Finn Companions, with whom we share the values of excessive requirements, rigor and independence. We now have labored carefully with Polskin Arts, a Finn Companions firm, for a few years within the subject of artwork and tradition. It’s a pure subsequent step for us to affix forces and additional lengthen the scope of the choose worldwide initiatives on which we already collaborate.”
Peter Finn, CEO and founding father of Finn Companions, stated in a press release: “We’re very happy to reinforce our presence in Paris. We presently have 15 folks in that workplace, who work with sustainability, know-how, shopper and well being purchasers. Now now we have added the premier observe within the French arts sector, and collectively now we have 40 folks in Paris. We stay up for working collectively as one.” All groups are anticipated to be in shared places of work in Paris inside a 12 months.
Claudine Colin Communication will turn into a part of Finn Companions EMEA, led by Chantal Bowman-Boyles. Bowman-Boyles stated in a press release: “France is the worldwide centre of artwork and tradition, and we’re proud and excited to have Claudine’s group, with their distinctive information and experience, be a part of us”.
Philippa Polskin, managing accomplice at Finn Companions, in the meantime stated: “Claudine Colin Communication is recognised in every single place because the unchallenged chief in arts PR in France, in addition to a significant drive in cultural communications all through Europe. We welcome CCC warmly and are wanting to proceed our lengthy historical past of collaboration with Claudine and her group, working facet by facet with them at FINN Companions at what is actually the forefront of cultural communications.”
Talking to The Artwork Newspaper, Claudine Colin added: “It’s a gap and an evolution, the alternative of a retreat or a retirement. I am delighted to be penning this new chapter with Finn Companions Group and Polskin Arts.”.
The founder goes on to say that she is going to stay on the helm of the company for a number of extra years and that the “easy transition” can have no influence on present contracts.
