Customers

Claudine Colin Communication

Sectors

Communication agency

Description

With a team of 25 people, Claudine Colin Communication offers its customers in the fields of art, culture, lifestyle and cultural tourism a wide range of skills in global communications, press relations, media partnerships, media buying, digital campaigns, institutional relations, crisis communications... These are just some of the areas of expertise it has developed to support its customers in developing and implementing a tailor-made communications strategy. The agency has supported over 30 openings and re-openings of cultural establishments, more than 20 European capitals, festivals and seasons. Every year, we work regularly with some forty cultural institutions in France and abroad.

Polskin Arts

Sectors

Communication agency

Description

As a leader in the field of cultural communication, Polskin Arts can look back on six decades of experience serving prestigious clients worldwide. With many of them, Polskin Arts has forged professional relationships that have lasted for many years. Polskin Arts offers a unique diversity of experience, an unrivalled network of clients and the strength of internationally recognized parent company FINN Partners. With a team of 40 people based mainly in New York and Los Angeles, and in international collaboration with its affiliated agencies and FINN Partners companies, Polskin Arts supports both non-profit and for-profit clients. The agency develops strategies for major museums and performing arts institutions, inaugurating major projects, promoting unprecedented cultural initiatives, enhancing brand reputation and awareness, supporting the work of foundations and philanthropists, and carrying out consulting assignments in the fields of the creative economy and corporate arts and culture programs.

Counterparties

FINN Partners, Inc.

Sectors

Communication agency

Description

Founded in 2011 with innovation and collaborative partnership as its founding values, FINN Partners has grown from around $24 million in fees to nearly $200 million over the past ten years, becoming one of the world's fastest-growing independent agencies and named Agency of the Year by Provoke Media 2022. The marketing and communications company's meteoric rise is the result of organic growth and the integration of new companies and people into the FINN Group through shared values. With over 1,400 professionals in 34 offices, FINN offers its customers services in America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. FINN also gives its clients access to the services of leading agencies worldwide through the PROI global network. Headquartered in New York, FINN has offices in Atlanta, Bangalore, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Dublin, Fort Lauderdale, Frankfurt, Guam, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jerusalem, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Madison, New Delhi, Manila, Mumbai, Munich, Nashville, Orange County, Paris, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Vancouver and Washington D.C.

Business transfers

Jul 2024

Alongside Polskin Arts, Claudine Colin Communication reinforces FINN's leadership in art and culture and strengthens the group's presence in Europe

NEW YORK – July 9, 2024 – FINN Partners, an independent international marketing and communications firm, has acquired Claudine Colin Communication, a 25-strong Paris-based cultural communications agency specializing in arts and culture. The agency will be known as Claudine Colin Communication, a FINN Partners company, and will work alongside FINN’s art department, headed by Philippa Polskin.

Founded in 1990, Claudine Colin Communication is France’s leading arts and culture communications agency. It is a long-standing partner of Polskin Arts. Claudine Colin Communication works with leading public and private institutions in France and abroad, including Musée national Picasso-Paris, Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Pinault Collection, Palais de Tokyo, Rencontres d’Arles, LUMA Arles, Lafayette Anticipations, Fondation Cartier, Centre Pompidou-Metz, musée du Louvre-Lens, Mucem, musée Marmottan Monet, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Beaux-Arts de Paris, Fondation Pernod Ricard, Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris, Olympiade Culturelle pour Paris 2024, Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon, all Art Basel fairs (Paris, Basel, Miami, Hong Kong), and Fondation Beyeler. Full list of customers at www.claudinecolin.com.

Polskin Arts, recognized as one of the world’s most influential cultural communications agencies, has a prestigious clientele in the United States and worldwide. For decades, it has collaborated closely with the leading agency in Paris, Claudine Colin Communication, and the global network of FINN Partners. The acquisition of Claudine Colin Communication by FINN Partners coincides with the recent dynamic development of Polskin Arts, which has recently integrated new managers in key functions and strengthened its collaborations with players in cultural institutions, both for-profit and not-for-profit, in a constantly evolving sector.

With the integration of the agency, FINN Partners EMEA will reach fees of around $27 million and a total workforce of around 270. Claudine Colin Communication will work closely with Polskin Arts to develop FINN Partners’ expertise in the arts and culture sector.

“We already count among our ranks one of the most influential communications agencies in the arts and culture sector, and are delighted to expand on this expertise by welcoming Claudine Colin and her team. We're also delighted to be strengthening our presence in Paris, which already boasts 15 employees specializing in sustainable development, technology, consumer goods and healthcare. With the arrival of Claudine Colin Communication, there will now be 40 of us in Paris, broadening our scope to include art and culture in France. We look forward to working together,” said Peter Finn, CEO and founder of FINN Partners.

Claudine Colin commented: “I founded Claudine Colin Communication over 30 years ago and developed the business in France and internationally with a professional and committed team to support managers in the artistic and cultural sphere, both public and private, in the design and implementation of the communication and influence strategy for their projects. I'm delighted to announce that my team and I are joining FINN Partners, with whom we share the same values of high standards, rigor and independence. We have been working closely with Polskin Arts, a FINN Partners company, for many years in the arts and culture sector. It's a natural step for us to join forces and extend the scope of the international projects we're already working on. Together, we will offer our clients expertise in the fields of art and culture, in Europe, the USA and Asia. With my trusted team, in particular Anne-Sophie Decronumbourg and Anne Monéger-Laval, deputy directors, we will continue to develop our business alongside our clients, with whom we have built long-standing relationships of trust and partnership, founded on our reputation for excellence in delivering services that achieve real influence, recognition and public success.”

Philippa Polskin commented: “Claudine Colin Communication is recognized as the undisputed leader in arts communications in France, with a global reach. We warmly welcome Claudine Colin and her team and look forward to continuing this long-standing collaboration, working together at FINN Partners, at the forefront of cultural communication”.

“France is the world's center for art and culture, and we are proud and excited to have the Claudine Colin team, with its unique experience and expertise, join us. Our Paris office is renowned for the quality of its services and its long-standing, trusted relationships with its clients, two qualities we share with Claudine Colin Communication. I've had the pleasure of getting to know Claudine Colin and her team over the past few months, and I'm convinced that together we'll successfully carry out major projects in France and internationally”, added Chantal Bowman-Boyles.

Associate members

Enrick Gane

Directeur Associé

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