Art Consultancy

New Blood Art draws on more than two decades of curatorial and market experience, to source and commission art for your projects.

Whether shaping a family collection, curating a hotel, developing an art scheme for a residential project or advising on a significant acquisition, we manage sourcing, curation and placement with care and rigour.

Interior Designers & Residential Projects

We work with interior designers, architects and private residential clients to develop art schemes that respond to the wider design of a home.

This may involve sourcing original works and editions, commissioning artists, considering scale and placement across spaces, advising on framing and finishes, and coordinating with design teams throughout the project.

We can work from an established interior scheme or become involved earlier, using art as one of the starting points around which the wider character of a room or property develops.

New Blood Art has been recommended in the press by leading figures in interior design, including Fiona Barratt-Campbell, founder of FBC London; Sophie Ashby, founder and creative director of Studio Ashby; Michelle Ogundehin, former Editor-in-Chief of ELLE Decoration and judge on BBC’s Interior Design Masters; and Abigail Ahern, founder of her eponymous interiors brand.

“Thanks to New Blood Art for its suggestions on where to buy affordable art in Elle Decoration. My suggested No1 place to start? Them!”
Michelle Ogundehin

Art Advisory

Our art advisory service helps clients navigate the market with clarity and confidence.

This can involve building and shaping a collection over time, researching a particular artist or area of the market, tracking availability, reviewing sale histories and market trends, advising on value and guiding an acquisition with care and discretion.

A client might come to us looking for a specific work, wanting to build a collection with a clear point of view or needing expert guidance before making a significant purchase. We work across the wider market, including galleries, dealers, auction houses and artists directly.

Art Consultancy

Our art consultancy service focuses on the relationship between art, architecture, atmosphere, scale and placement.

We collaborate with private clients, interior designers, architects, developers and hospitality teams to shape art schemes that feel cohesive, distinctive and fully integrated into the space and the client’s wider vision.

This can include sourcing and commissioning work, curating schemes across several rooms or buildings, developing limited editions, advising on framing and finishes, planning placement and refining proposals in collaboration with design teams.

Private Home Curation

For private clients looking for art for a particular room, several rooms or a developing home collection, we begin with a brief complimentary exchange to understand the project.

This may include reviewing initial room photographs, discussing preferences, budget and practical requirements, and identifying the broad direction the project might take.

Fees & Engagement

How We Begin

Every project begins with a brief complimentary conversation or exchange with Sarah to understand the project, review its broad scope and establish the most appropriate way forward.

This initial stage is intended to define the brief. 

Art Consultancy

For larger art consultancy projects, we charge an upfront engagement fee before detailed sourcing begins.

This is usually 10 to 15% of the overall art budget, depending on the scale, complexity and level of input required.

As a guide:

• For budgets up to £50,000, the engagement fee is usually 12.5%, with a minimum fee of £4,000
• For budgets between £50,000 and £150,000, the engagement fee is usually 10%
• Larger projects are quoted individually

The fee covers the development of the scheme, including curatorial direction, sourcing, selection, proposal preparation, revisions and placement planning.

Artworks may then be purchased through New Blood Art or sourced through our wider network of galleries, dealers, auction houses and artists.

Where we source and oversee the purchase of the works, the relevant proportion of the engagement fee is credited against works placed through us. Where part of the scheme is purchased elsewhere, that proportion remains covered by the consultancy work already carried out.

Additional Services

Framing, delivery, installation, visualisations, site visits and on-site coordination are priced separately according to scope.

Why New Blood Art

The bedrock of New Blood Art has always been the work of creating the conditions for talented artists to be discovered, collected and sustained over time.

For more than 20 years, that commitment has shaped the business and the wider ecosystem around it. 

Any acquisition through New Blood Art, and any use of our advisory or consultancy services through the commercial gallery, forms part of a wider ecosystem shaped by that ongoing commitment to discovering, championing and sustaining artists over time.

Whether you have a fully developed brief or are simply beginning to think about acquiring art for your home, collection or project, we would be pleased to hear from you.

Enquiries

Please contact Sarah directly with a short outline of your project, budget and timeline, or simply a few details about what you are looking for and the space in question.

Sarah oversees every project personally and begins with a short complimentary conversation to understand the brief, budget and level of support required. From there, we confirm the most appropriate structure and the next stage of work.

Email Sarah: sarah@newbloodart.com