More Meaningful Art.
For Everyone.
Curatorial Strategies helps collectors, designers, artists, and creatives build deeper, more confident relationships with art and the art world— through consulting, collection strategy, and The Curatorial Method.
What I do
Consulting & Collection Strategy
Whether you are building a collection from scratch, refining what you have, or trying to figure out where you fit in the art world — I can help you navigate this often opaque space to get you exactly where you want to go. My consulting work is selective, personal, and built around what matters to you.
I work with:
Private collectors at all stages — brand new to well established
Interior designers sourcing art for residential and hospitality projects
Families and family offices managing collections across generations
Artist estates and foundations navigating legacy, documentation, and placement
Artists navigating the art world, their market, and how to talk about their own work.
Artist Coaching & 1:1 Advisory
Making art and navigating the art world are two very different skill sets — and most artists are only taught one of them. If you are a working artist who wants to understand how the market works, how to build relationships with galleries and collectors, how to talk about your work with clarity and authority, or how to think about your practice as a long-term career, this is for you.
I work with artists on a 1:1 basis, in focused sessions tailored to where you are and what you're trying to figure out. No formula, no generic advice — just someone who has spent years on both sides of the conversation and can help you see your own practice more clearly.
The Curatorial Method
The Curatorial Method (TCM) is a course and coaching program for anyone who wants to move through the art world with real confidence — whether you're a collector, a designer, an artist, or simply someone who loves art and wants to know more.
The program covers everything: art history that actually matters, how to read and describe what you're looking at, how to understand the art world players and navigate the market, how to develop your aesthetic vocabulary, and how to curate and present artworks in ways that communicate deep meaning.
TCM is currently available by application. If you are interested in joining the next cohort or working through the program privately, I'd love to talk.
What People Are Saying
“Thank you, profoundly, for this work and your help. I am excited to take my next steps and I am so very grateful for your help! So very appreciative of your gifts.”
— Artist Estate Client“Lily does a phenomenal job at teaching us the content, sharing her experience, but at the top for me it's her enthusiasm that is so infectious! I absolutely love how much I am learning about the art world, art styles, and new terminology.”
— Introduction to Art Collecting Client“Even with two degrees in art and art history and two decades of making and writing about art, The Curatorial Method program is helping me build my professional confidence as an artist —especially when it comes to speaking freely and confidently about art.
Lily's grounded approach is a breath of fresh air in the often elitist art world!”
— Artist and WriterAbout
Hi! I’m Lily! I am a curator, advisor, educator, and the founder of Curatorial Strategies. I have spent nearly two decades working at the intersection of art, ideas, and people — and I am still as excited about it as I was on day one.
My career started at The Courtauld Institute of Art in London, where I completed my Master's degree with a specialization in Political and Aesthetic Theory. I started my career in arts communications with Resnicow Associates and then at the Art Dealers Association of America as Director of Communications and Programming — working at the center of the primary market and developing a deep understanding of how the dealer world operates, how galleries and artists build careers, and how the market actually functions from the inside. I then spent years at SFMOMA as Curatorial Project & Strategy Manager in the Painting and Sculpture department, working on major exhibitions including Matisse/Diebenkorn, Magritte: The Fifth Season, and Diego Rivera's America. I went on to serve as Director of Museum Relations at Hosfelt Gallery in San Francisco, where I led institutional placement and worked closely with collectors and designers.
Through Curatorial Strategies, I work with private collectors, interior designers, family offices, artist estates, and working artists on collection-building, acquisitions, strategy, career advisory, and the kind of curatorial thinking that makes a practice — and a space — feel intentional and alive. I also teach — through The Curatorial Method, my signature program that has helped collectors, designers, and artists build genuine art world confidence from the ground up.
I believe the art world belongs to everyone. Getting there takes knowledge, relationships, and a framework — and that is exactly what I have spent my career building and sharing.
Let’s work together
Whether you have a specific project in mind or you're just starting to figure out what you want, I'm happy to have a conversation.
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