Contemporary art advisory · Miami, FL
Art Advisory for a
culture of legacy.
An advisory working across three connected worlds — artists, collectors, and institutions.
Why now
The art world is changing hands. A generation of new collectors buys differently, artists sell directly, and questions of legacy and philanthropy sit at the centre of how wealth thinks about art. The Art Agency is built for this moment.
An agency at the service of your art interest.
Independent collection advice across every tier and every stage of collecting — free of the sales motivations that shape gallery and auction-house guidance. One practice that grows with you, from a first serious acquisition to a lasting legacy.
Cataloguing & provenance
Systematic inventory, condition reporting, photography, and documented provenance for every work.
Digital collection & insurance
Collection platforms, annual valuations, insurance briefs, and loan administration — all in one place.
Acquisition & deaccession
Due diligence on new acquisitions and strategy on timing and method of sale — without transaction-fee conflicts.
Guidance & access
Curated acquisition advice, annual collection health reviews, and invitations to studio visits, fair walkthroughs, and curator-led reviews — professional advice long withheld from this segment.
Giving & foundations
Charitable giving structures, foundation establishment, and multi-generational planning for what your collection means and where it goes.
Build business support for your practice.
Long-term strategic partnership for established and rising artists — complementing your gallery relationships, never replacing them, and filling the operational gaps.
Brand & commercial partnerships
Collaborations, licensing, and public commissions identified and negotiated on terms aligned with your market.
Estate & archive planning
Catalogue raisonné, foundation structuring, and academic engagement — building the record that secures the long view.
Financial coordination
Liaison with specialist art accountants and wealth managers to structure income, manage tax, and build resilience.
Resale royalties
Secondary-market tracking and, where you choose, smart-contract royalties that pay you automatically on every future sale.
Fundraising built on real relationships.
Strategic counsel for museums, residencies, and public- and community-arts organisations in the $1M–$20M range.
Fundraising strategy
Campaign design, case for support, and donor-pyramid architecture for capital, annual, and endowment drives.
Benefit events
Studio dinners, cultivation evenings, and art-fair programming designed to turn an audience into donors.
Planned giving
Integrating art assets and bequests into giving programmes — an underdeveloped opportunity for most arts nonprofits.
How we work
Four commitments that shape every engagement.
Discretion
Relationships are built on confidentiality. We never publicise a client roster without explicit permission.
Alignment
We take no commission on sales unless we negotiate them for you — removing the conflicts that shape most art advice.
Integration
Artists, collectors, and institutions live in relationship. We create value across all three at once.
Accessibility
. Professional advice and access to the art market.
The founder
Nuria Richards
The Art Agency is led by founder and principal advisor Nuria Richards, who holds every client relationship personally. By design, the agency stays small enough that the person who takes your call is the person who does the work — across artists, collectors, and the institutions between them.
Get in touch
Let's talk art
Every engagement begins with a conversation. Tell us where you are, and we'll tell you honestly how we can help.
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