Rebecca Taylor FRSA is an educator, researcher, and cultural strategist with more than two decades of experience in the arts & culture sector, including leadership roles at MoMA PS1 and The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA); The Getty; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA); and beyond.

Rebecca is a part-time lecturer and doctoral candidate in the Department of Arts & Humanities at Teachers College, Columbia University — the #1 Graduate School of Education in the U.S. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and a 2026 Fellow of the ‘Life Worth Living’ Program for educators at Yale University.

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Rebecca’s academic research engages timely questions at the intersection of aesthetics, education, and cultural life. Her work focuses in particular on young people’s relationships to the arts and the conditions that support self-cultivation and flourishing. She recently published a national study assessing the state of the arts on university campuses with colleagues from Arts Administrators in Higher Education (AAHE) (American Journal of Arts Management, 2026), as well as a study on teen programming and engagement in New York City museums (Journal of Museum Education, 2025). In addition, she is conducting ongoing research on Re-presencing, a pedagogical framework she developed that centers sustained aesthetic experience as a practice of meaning-making and human flourishing (Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2026; Ethics & Education, 2026; Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2026; Education and Culture, 2025).

Rebecca has recently presented academic papers at the International Congress of Aesthetics (2026), British Society of Aesthetics (2026), Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (2026), Metaphysical Society of America, European Seminars in Philosophy of Education, International Network of Philosophers of Education (2026), American Educational Research Association (2026), John Dewey Society (2025, 2026), Conversations across Cultures (2025), and more. Rebecca has also been an invited keynote speaker at international conferences in Barcelona, Berlin, Bristol, Buenos Aires, Glasgow, Istanbul, London, Mexico City, New York, Seoul, and beyond. She previously taught in the Contemporary Art Business Program at Christie’s Education and at UCLA Extension, and was a contributing writer to Khan Academy’s Smarthistory (Contemporary Art) and The Huffington Post (Arts) during the launch of both platforms.

Parallel to her academic work, Rebecca advises museums, galleries, art fairs, foundations, artist estates, and luxury brands, as well as local and national governmental organizations, on the complex strategic challenges facing the cultural sector and cultural tourism today. Drawing on deep sector expertise, she conducts internal and external brand audits and develops bespoke, holistic strategies that address clients’ specific needs while supporting both short- and long-term objectives.

Prior to launching her consultancy, Rebecca served as Executive Vice President of a leading arts and culture agency, where she helped shape global strategy and led international initiatives for a wide-ranging roster of clients. These included Alserkal (Dubai); ARoS Museum (Denmark); Art Basel (Basel | Hong Kong | Miami Beach); ART021 (Shanghai); BMW Group Culture; Fondation Beyeler; Faurschou Foundation (Beijing | Copenhagen | New York); Northwestern University in Qatar; Saudi Art Council; Sharjah Art Foundation; and the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.), among others.

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