A podcast

about art, culture, and taste.

La Collector decodes the contemporary art world — the galleries worth knowing, the artists worth watching, and the unspoken rules nobody bothers to explain. Through solo deep-dives, artist interviews, and insider conversations, each episode gives you the context, the confidence, and the cultural fluency to navigate the art world on your own terms.

No MFA required. Just curiosity.

A woman with short, light brown hair smiling and laughing, wearing a sleeveless light blue top and jewelry, standing in front of a colorful abstract background.

Mackenzie Heard

Mackenzie is a New York-based art advisor and curator who has spent her career placing art in luxury spaces — and making the case that it belongs everywhere else too.

She launched La Collector out of a simple frustration: the art world is full of incredible stories, and most people never hear them. Not because they don't care, but because nobody made it feel like it was for them.

Every art story begins somewhere. For Mackenzie, it was the moment she realized that art wasn't about wealth or credentials — it was about being human. La Collector is the show she wished had existed when she was finding her way in.

An invitation to look closer, trust your instincts, and fall a little bit in love with art.