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An Open Universe Program

The Living Collection

Art belongs in everyday life. We place extraordinary original artworks in homes, hospitals, hotels, schools, and workplaces.

Now placing work · Homes, businesses, hospitals and senior centers

The Living Collection circulates original works through annual placements rather than one-time purchases. Hosts live with real work; artists earn recurring income; and each placement adds to a documented record of the artist's market value over time. Placement is by selection only, modeled on museum loan protocols.

In the workplace

A framed, brightly colored figurative drawing centered on oak wall panels in an office reception area, with a living moss wall at the right.
Reception. A private office, Miami Beach.

Offices lease original work by the year, for reception, meeting rooms and the everyday corners where teams spend their days. A placement can be treated as an operating expense rather than an art purchase; confirm with your tax advisor.

An office conference room with a long marble table and two framed works hung on either side of the wall screen.
Conference room. A private office, Miami Beach.
A framed, colorful drawing of two faces on a white wall beside the office kitchen and a glass door.
Pantry. A private office, Miami Beach.

In your home

A home hallway lined with framed drawings by one artist, hung in a row along a white wall.
One artist's wall.
A salon-style wall of thirteen framed works in different styles and colors along a home hallway with a marble floor.
A salon wall mixing studios.

A single artist's wall or a salon hang drawn from several studios, chosen with you for the room.

Design your space

Photograph a wall, enter its size, and see available original works by artists with disabilities shown to scale, framed or unframed. Or ask a curator to choose with you.

Design your space

Restaurants and hospitality

Concept rendering of a restaurant dining room with four framed colorful works from the collection above a green velvet banquette.
Concept: a restaurant dining room.
Concept rendering of a hotel lobby with a gallery wall of four framed colorful works above a cream sofa, beside a palm and a brass lamp.
Concept: a hotel lobby.

Restaurants, hotels and members' clubs rotate original work through their rooms each year, so regulars always find something new.

In public spaces

Concept rendering of a hospital lobby wall hung with ten framed, brightly patterned works, under wall text reading Open Universe and The Living Collection, with patients seated in the lounge.
Concept: a Living Collection wall in a hospital lobby.
Concept rendering of a bright clinic waiting room with four framed colorful works from the collection above a row of pale blue chairs.
Concept: a clinic waiting room.

Hospitals, senior centers, lobbies and other public places, with original work on the walls where people wait, heal and gather.

For curated exhibitions on loan, see Open Museum.

Pricing

Concept rendering of a hospital lobby: ten framed, brightly patterned works in two rows of five beneath Open Universe wall signage and wall text.

Flagship · Partnership

Open Universe Wall

A branded installation of about ten works, with Open Universe signage and wall text. Your space becomes a node of Open Museum.

Get in touch to bring the collection to your space.

Become a partner
Scale view: a Curation Wall of five framed John Tursi drawings, one large, two mid-size and two small, hung in a row above a bench.

Curation Wall, shown to scale. Made for office lobbies and waiting rooms.

Featured · $500 a month · $6,000 a year

Curation Wall

A full wall of works, curated for your space.

Scale view: one framed 46 by 32 inch John Tursi drawing above a bench on a gallery wall.

$250 a month · $2,500 a year

Large work

One large-scale work by John Tursi, framed 46 × 32 in.

Scale view: one framed 34 by 28 inch John Tursi drawing above a bench on a gallery wall.

$150 a month · $1,500 a year

Mid-size work

One mid-size work, 28 × 22 in on paper, framed about 34 × 28 in.

Scale view: four framed 19 by 25 inch John Tursi drawings in a grid above a bench on a gallery wall.

$150 a month · $1,500 a year

Set of four small works

Four small works, 13 × 19 in each, framed about 19 × 25 in and hung as a group.

Scale views. Bench is 18 in high; works hang centred about 57 in from the floor.

Choose your works or get a curated set. Every work comes professionally framed, and you pay monthly. A year paid up front gets two months free.

Every lease pays the artist 10% of each payment, for as long as their work hangs. The rest keeps our gallery, fairs and museum free and open.

Get a monthly lease quote