Artentika
Mission
Authoritative answers
To give every client a defensible answer about the authenticity and condition of their artworks.
About Artentika
A passion for art,
held to proof.
Artentika fuses connoisseurship with cutting-edge technology and financial acumen — the world's first enterprise at the intersection of art, technology and finance.
Leadership
Our team are leaders in the fine arts, art technology and art finance. Among them are four PhDs with extensive international experience — connoisseurs, scientists and financiers who speak each other's languages.
Partners & collaboration
We work alongside museums, foundations, institutions and standards bodies, contributing the metrological rigour that art authentication has long lacked. Selective, discreet, and always in the client's interest.
Method
Multi-disciplinary
History, materials, mathematics and finance — converged into a single determination.
Ethos
Discretion
Every aspect of the client relationship is confidential. We share no client information with third parties.
The team
Albertus Geldenhuys
Founder & CEO
Self-taught IT specialist who conceived and patented Artentika's art authentication technology. Bachelor's degrees in economics, languages, and ethnology. Inventor of fraud-detection technologies across art, pharmaceuticals, and biometrics.
Prof Roxanne Radpour
Art Technology Advisor
Specialist in imaging spectroscopy and non-destructive sensing. Over 10 years of research in imaging systems, data science, and scientific analysis of cultural heritage across conservation science, technical art history, and archaeometry.
Sixtine Crutchfield
Art Commerce Executive
Over 25 years in Fine Arts. Former Managing Director of the Jan Krugier gallery and head of Yves Bouvier's Art Culture Studio. Degrees in Mass Communication, Art History, and Corporate Law from the University of Denver and Sydney.
Walter Heymans
Chief AI Scientist
MEng cum laude in Computer Engineering, specialising in GANs, Automatic Speech Recognition, and Computer Vision. Developer of the One-2-One© verification solution and central to perfecting Artentika's authentication technologies.
Dr Fred Scott
Chief Research Officer
PhD in Chemistry and Max Planck Fellow. Integrates scientific rigour with art expertise across pigment analysis, multispectral imaging, and traditional connoisseurship to produce evidence-based, institution-grade conclusions.
Björn Quellenberg
Executive Adviser
Over 20 years in communications and marketing, including as head of communications strategy at Kunsthaus Zürich. MBA in Communication & Leadership, Master's in Cultural Science. Fluent in German, English, and French.
Dr Carine Laurent
Chief Marketing Officer
Luxury executive with 20+ years across Swiss watchmaking, high jewelry, and fashion. Double PhD in Chemistry and Materials. Former Head of Technology at the Richemont Group, working with Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels.
Margreta de Boer
Company Secretary
Over 24 years in senior banking roles in Switzerland, the Bahamas, and Malta. Experienced in due diligence, compliance, asset allocation, and investment funds. Fluent in Dutch, English, Italian, and German.
Albi Geldenhuys
Director of Social Media & Art History Research
Graduated 2025 in Business Management and German at The Open University, London. Active in Artentika since 2021 in art historical research; responsible for systems and website development since 2024. Fluent in Italian, English, and Afrikaans.