Lisa Darms

HOW WE CAN HELP

With a focus on modern and contemporary art, literature and performance, Lisa can help you preserve your collection and make it easier to access. Working with individuals, arts organizations, collectors and estates, Lisa assesses, inventories, catalogs and digitizes archives, and advises on placing collections as sales or donations. As a USPAP-compliant appraiser, she also provides expert valuations of art, manuscripts and archival collections.

ABOUT LISA DARMS

Lisa has spent the last two decades working closely with artists and their collections in nonprofit, academic, DIY and commercial settings. From 2020 to 2025 she was the executive director of Hauser & Wirth Institute, an organization devoted to increasing access to artists’ archives and supporting the communities that care for artistic legacies. As the senior archivist at NYU’s Fales Library & Special Collections from 2009 to 2016, she managed the renowned Downtown Collection and was the founding curator of the Fales Riot Grrrl Collection.

Lisa holds an MFA in Photography, an MA in History and Archival Management, and a Certificate in Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts.