A Select Global Cohort · CurateAI × Marsh McLennan
A global program for a select cohort of emerging visual artists — helping them build, protect, and manage their creative futures with institutional-grade tools.
"An artist’s work is their most important asset. Yet the majority of emerging artists navigate questions of valuation, insurance, and legacy without the infrastructure that institutions take for granted. Founding Artists Studio changes that — pairing world-class collateral intelligence with institutional risk protection, and placing both in the hands of artists from the moment their careers begin."
AI-powered valuation and monitoring across your entire body of work. Know what your art is worth — continuously, not just at point of sale — with institutional-grade collateral assessment built on the CurateAI platform.
Marsh McLennan’s specialist art insurance advisors work with every cohort member to structure bespoke coverage — transit, studio, exhibition, and long-term collection protection — at terms unavailable to individual artists acting alone.
Vetted introductions to specialist art lenders, private banks, and advisors — grounded in the broker-validated collateral documentation that institutions require. The infrastructure of a gallery, extended to independent artists.
Founding Artists Studio is selective. We admit a small cohort each year to maintain the intimacy and quality of the program. Artists may be invited directly by CurateAI or Marsh, or nominated by partner galleries, institutions, collectors, and program alumni.
We look for artists at an inflection point: established enough to have a coherent body of work, early enough to benefit from building the right financial infrastructure from the ground up.
Applications for the inaugural cohort are now open. Artists may apply directly or be nominated by a gallery, advisor, collector, or institutional partner. Submit your portfolio for admissions review, or contact the program office to nominate an emerging artist.