Art leasing

Enhance Your Professional Spaces

Art leasing allows businesses and liberal professions to integrate original artworks into their premises (offices, practices, reception areas, meeting rooms, showrooms, hotels, restaurants…) through a long-term rental solution (LTR) or lease-to-own option (LTO).

Art in Business, Intelligently Financed

At Merlinvest, we bridge art and financing: a simple, flexible, and premium approach to transform your spaces into more inspiring, memorable places that align with your positioning.
Important: this “Art Leasing” offer is exclusively for professionals and liberal professions (no leasing for private individuals).
In practice: you immediately enjoy artworks selected for your venue and your image, while controlling your budget through monthly payments.

Why Integrate Art into a Business or Practice?

Enhance Your Image

You establish a distinctive atmosphere, a standard of excellence, a signature.

Energize a Showroom

The artwork structures the space and draws the eye.

Create a Client Experience

The reception becomes warmer, more premium, more memorable.

Evolve Over Time

You can refresh the artworks according to your preferences, seasons, and key moments.

Strengthen Well-Being

A more calming and inspiring atmosphere for teams.

Art Leasing: LTO or LTR, What's the Difference?

Long-Term Rental (LTR)

LTR is ideal if you wish to enjoy artworks over a defined period (typically 24 to 60 months) with a smoothed budget and simple management. At the end, you can renew, change artworks, or discontinue according to the agreed terms.

For whom?

Businesses that want a constantly evolving, renewable space with controlled budgeting.

Lease-to-Own (LTO)

LTO allows you to lease an artwork while retaining the option to acquire it at the end of the contract (subject to conditions). It’s an excellent option if you have a particular affinity for a piece and want to “test” the artwork in your space before purchasing it.

For whom?

Practices, liberal professions, and businesses seeking a progressive upgrade… with a genuine asset-building option.

How Does It Work with Merlinvest?

We discuss:

  • your business, your image, your clientele
  • your spaces (reception, offices, waiting room, showroom…)
  • your constraints (dimensions, lighting, circulation, atmosphere)
  • your target budget (monthly or overall)

We discuss:

  • your business, your image, your clientele
  • your spaces (reception, offices, waiting room, showroom…)
  • your constraints (dimensions, lighting, circulation, atmosphere)
  • your target budget (monthly or overall)

We discuss:

  • your business, your image, your clientele
  • your spaces (reception, offices, waiting room, showroom…)
  • your constraints (dimensions, lighting, circulation, atmosphere)
  • your target budget (monthly or overall)

We discuss:

  • your business, your image, your clientele
  • your spaces (reception, offices, waiting room, showroom…)
  • your constraints (dimensions, lighting, circulation, atmosphere)
  • your target budget (monthly or overall)

For Which Professionals Is Art Leasing Particularly Relevant?

  • Practices (lawyers, notaries, physicians, architects, accountants…)
  • Real estate agencies and developers
  • Hotels, restaurants, exceptional venues
  • Businesses receiving the public (reception areas, waiting rooms, VIP spaces)
  • Showrooms (furniture, design, materials, luxury)
  • Premium coworking spaces

Frequently asked questions

Art leasing allows you to install original artworks in your professional premises through monthly payments over a defined period. You enjoy the artwork immediately, without an upfront purchase.

Merlinvest art leasing is reserved for professionals and liberal professions (businesses, practices, firms, hotels, restaurants, showrooms…). No leasing for private individuals.

  • LTR (Long-Term Rental): you lease the artwork for a defined period.
  • LTO (Lease-to-Own): you lease with the option to purchase the artwork at the end of the contract (subject to conditions). We guide you toward the most suitable option for your project.

Leasing preserves cash flow, provides a clear monthly budget, and allows you to quickly furnish a reception area, practice, or offices with artworks that enhance your image.

Certain artworks are eligible for leasing, others only for purchase. The artwork listing or our proposal specifies the available options.

The budget depends on the artwork's price, the duration, and the option selected. We can build a selection of artworks based on your monthly budget.

Depending on the project, durations may vary (typically 24, 36, 48, or 60 months). We propose the most appropriate duration for your budget and objectives.

Yes. This is actually one of the most common scenarios. We can propose a cohesive selection for multiple areas, with an overall design approach (style, colors, formats).

We guide you with a tailored selection based on:

  • your business and your image,
  • dimensions and lighting,
  • the desired style (calming, premium, bold, contemporary…),
  • your monthly budget.

Yes, through our visualization simulator: you upload a photo of your spaces and see how the artworks will look on your walls.

This depends on the project and location. Delivery conditions and, if needed, installation are specified in the proposal.

This depends on the option selected:

  • with LTR, you return or renew according to the terms,
  • with LTO, you can exercise the purchase option if provided. We clearly explain the scenarios from the outset.

Depending on the terms and option selected, evolution options may exist. In any case, we review your request and propose the simplest solution.

Depending on your status and tax regime, lease payments may be treated in a certain manner (often as expenses). Your accountant remains the reference to validate the appropriate treatment for your situation.