Mr. Brian Hearn Accredited

USPAP compliant through:

01/04/2026

Specialization(s)

Postwar, Contemporary, and Emerging Art

Member Type

Accredited Member

Service(s)

Insurance; Charitable Donation; Estate Tax Liability; Equitable Distribution

Appraiser's Statement

Brian Hearn is a generalist appraiser, fine art advisor, award-winning curator, and published arts writer. He is principal of Brian Hearn Arts Consulting with over 25 years of experience, knowledge, and networks in the fine art and film industries. While specializing in Postwar, Contemporary, and Emerging Art, Hearn regularly appraises American and European fine art, furniture and decorative arts. He also deals with traditional art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas.  In addition to appraisals, Hearn offers bespoke research, connoisseurship, collection management, and brokerage services for a diverse client base including fellow appraisers, private, corporate and institutional collectors, contemporary artists, and non-profit arts organizations.

Hearn brings a wealth of experience to his consulting practice from two decades as the founding film curator at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art (1995-2014) and as collection manager of The Collectors Fund (2015-2022), an innovative fine art investment fund. His insightful arts writing includes exhibition reviews, essays, and feature profiles of artists, curators and collectors for publications like KC STUDIO, Sculpture, ARTDESK, Art Focus, as well as for numerous museums.

Hearn earned a B.S. degree in Writing for Television/Radio/Film from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He went on to earn an M.A. in Art History from the University of Missouri – Kansas City with a thesis entitled Frank Overton Colbert: A Study in Trans-Customary Indigenous Modern Art. He is currently a USPAP compliant appraiser, accredited by the Appraisers Association of America.