ABOUT

Simon Oldfield & Associates is a London-based cultural practice working internationally across cultural strategy, curatorial projects and art collections.

Founded by Simon Oldfield and led with Managing Partner Tim Julian, the practice brings together more than twenty years’ experience across the international art world with commercial and legal expertise. We work with collectors, institutions, estates and cultural organisations to develop ambitious ideas, build important collections and deliver complex projects.

For each project, we bring together leading curators, artists, producers, lawyers, communications specialists and other experts according to what is required, allowing us to work from initial strategy and creative concept through to partnerships, funding, commercial structure and delivery.

Projects & Exhibitions

Our work ranges from long-term cultural programmes and exhibitions to commissions, residencies and institutional collaborations. Projects include the multi-year arts and culture programme for Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, programmes with the Royal Academy of Arts, Arts Council England and Tate, the creation and delivery of the Arts & Culture Programme at Wolterton Hall, including major exhibitions by Phyllida Barlow, Maggi Hambling, Ro Robertson and Daisy Parris, with current cultural work also extending to the Ford Estate in Rancho Mirage, California, the former home of President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford.

Building Collections

We work with private collectors, family offices and organisations to build, develop and refine significant art collections, providing highly personalised art advisory across acquisitions, sales and collection strategy. Our experience spans contemporary art, modern and post-war art, as well as significant Old Master transactions. We advise on collection strategy, source works privately and through galleries and auctions, and negotiate acquisitions and sales on behalf of clients.

Our involvement can extend across the life of a collection — from commissions and new acquisitions to private sales, museum loans and gifts, collection management and longer-term legacy.

We work discreetly and personally, drawing on longstanding relationships with artists, galleries, institutions and specialists internationally.

Our art-market experience is complemented by Simon Oldfield’s legal practice as a Partner at Keystone Law, where he advises on complex, high-value art transactions and projects.

Ideas, Advocacy & Public Life

Simon Oldfield is a regular speaker and contributor on art, culture, law and the creative industries. He has spoken at platforms including the Deloitte Art & Finance Conference, Art Basel and the London School of Economics, and has contributed expert evidence to a House of Lords inquiry into the impact of technology on the creative industries. Simon also sits on Art UK’s Philanthropy Board and co-founded Pindrop, the cultural platform developed with Elizabeth Day.